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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Don't you hate when it turns into a brag thread.[/b] Years ago, I posted a similar topic on a parenting board just to have everyone tell me about their kids who were swimming since birth.

My twin boys could not swim at age 5 and had just started swim lessons. By the time they were 7, they could just barely make it across the pool. They are about to turn 11 and they just passed the boy scout swim test with flying colors (100 yards). My youngest son is about to turn 8 and he can just barely doggy paddle across the pool so I have signed him up for some more lessons this summer.

I am a TERRIBLE swimmer. I always was despite many swim lessons as a kid. I got to the point where I wouldn't drown in the deep end and could make it across the pool. DH has been instrumental in getting the kids to practice good swimming form. I need him to work more with boy #3.[/quote]

She asked people answered, how is that a brag?[/quote]

Because people who claim that their three year old can swim like a fish are not the norm. [b]Physically and developmentally[/b] it is unusual for a kid to be a competent swimmer before six or seven.[/quote]

physically and developmentally kids can swim at 5. most don't because they just haven't been exposed to it enough or had lessons. Not judging kid who can't swim or haven't been taught, But with lessons and time in the pool most 5 yr olds are capable of swimming. now if you throw your kid in the pool with a puddle jumper on and never let them try, then yes they will not be too quick to learn. [/quote]

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