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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Mine are 5 & 7, and can both dive and swim across the pool and granted I swam year round for 10 years but no one else I know with kids similar ages can do this yet. And pools are so shallow! Our country club does has a deep end with diving boards (as did mine in the 90s) but are kids just more wary of water now? I feel like it’s not only a safety thing knowing how to swim well…. But it’s also summer fun! You used to get teased if you couldn’t dive by the time you were 7 or 8. [/quote] I attribute this to just different parenting trends. My kids were swimming by 5 and 6. I think learning water safety is just lower priority but I also parents are more wary. I see this in other domains, too, like the prevalence of 3 wheel scooters. There's no need for 3 wheels. Kids can naturally balance on 2 wheel scooters as young as 4 and definitely at 5. But whether this matters at all in the long run... :shrug:[/quote]
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