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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I prioritized swimming and had both kids pool safe by 3. If you kid is going to die, drowning is a very likely cause. It's like not using a carseat to not make sure they can swim. [/quote]

Eh, it’s pretty easy to completely avoid unsupervised exposure to water. After watching friends do it with their toddlers I decided I didn’t want to spend the time it takes to do ISR swim classes. So instead I was fanatical about avoiding water. We never went to an Airbnb, hotel, or friend’s house with a pool or body of water during the toddler years before swimming lessons. Ever. It was an easy risk to just avoid. [/quote]

I took them to the pool myself a ton when they were little (Irish twins). Some swim lessons, but mostly I taught them myself. For me, that was preferable (and more fun--kids like swimming) to avoiding water. It's also empowering to teach kids things. It makes them more confident. I was never in the camp of protect them and wait -- potty trained by 2, swimming by 3, flying alone on airplanes by 14, etc. Helping my kids achieve independence has been a preferred way of parenting to protecting them from the world or any negative feelings at all....Call me Gen X. Kids are older teens now and can do things many of their more coddled friends cannot, and they routinely thank me. [/quote]

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