Teaching Your Children The Skill Of Learning To Swim

Do your children know how to swim? Have you evermore fun way I decided to take him to the local
thought about taking your children to swimmingswimming baths. By buying him some armbands and a
lessons? I am a very proud father tonight as my sonform of safety vest/jacket I hoped he would feel very
was today awarded his ten metre swimming badge.safe and I assured him that I would not leave his side. I
He is five years of age and has come a long wayeven made out that I was scared of water and that I
from the young boy who at one stage was so scaredneeded him to look after me. He seemed to like this
of water that he would not even take a bath. As soonidea.
as I put him into the bath he would jump out towardsThe swimming baths themselves are like a fun pool as
me like a frog and cling on to my body, shaking. Iit has a number of slides, some big and some small. It
believe swimming is a very important skill that eachalso has a wave machine. To say my son loved
child should learn as it is a skill that one day may justevery minute was an understatement and he insisted
save their life.that we should return as soon as possible.
I am not really sure as to why my son had such aWhen he was four years of age he agreed to attend
dislike to water when he was a baby and toddler. Iswimming lessons at another local swimming pool and
have to say that I am not exactly a great lover ofa year on is doing so well it is untrue. He even swims a
water or swimming and living in a big city it is notwidth where he is mainly underwater and has gained a
something we are surrounded by unlike people whoknickname of shark boy by the swimming instructors.
live in the coastal areas of England.I would advise more parents to help and encourage
In an attempt to make my son start to see water in atheir young children to swim.