Relationships Parents would you do this with your kids?

[Simple Southerner]

I wouldn't i mean damn there's gotta be better ways to teach your kids to swim right ?!

 

[Osculater]

Well that Lil fvcker gotta learn somehow

 

[560ti]

Most of the swim schools in my area do this. They train you what to do if you accidentally fall in and then you do a "survival test" where you do it in real life with clothes on.

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

I wouldn't i mean damn there's gotta be better ways to teach your kids to swim right ?!

That's weak sauce. Dropping him gently into the pool? Should've done it the Spartan way

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

That was a nice example of toddler prepping for emergency situations. I've seen way more intense videos. But they need to learn how to survive that situation. Toddlers falling into pool situations don't happen nicely and don't happen in their swim gear

 

[blackdudebro]

Damn…

 

[ChickenBrother]

Most of the swim schools in my area do this. They train you what to do if you accidentally fall in and then you do a "survival test" where you do it in real life with clothes on.

Yep. This looks like a kid who has been prepped for this. He may have been anxious but It's clearly not his first time in a pool and he's been taught how to backfloat.

 

[Pittie Petey]

That little bastard knows what to do if he falls in now, he's already experienced the sudden shock and panic of the situation and learned that he can fix the situation and save himself quickly
Good parenting imo

 

[Sonny Qc]

Yes, Did he died?

 

[NoSmilez]

The Indian kid is me.

 

[Natural Order]

Looks rough but its best to adjust your kids to water as early as possible.

Looks like theyve been practicing for an accidental fall in as pool owners? Good job folks!

 

[ChosenOne]

Most of the swim schools in my area do this. They train you what to do if you accidentally fall in and then you do a "survival test" where you do it in real life with clothes on.

Yep. This looks like a kid who has been prepped for this. He may have been anxious but It's clearly not his first time in a pool and he's been taught how to backfloat.

Good parenting imo.
That little bastard knows what to do if he falls in now, he's already experienced the sudden shock and panic of the situation and learned that he can fix the situation and save himself quickly

That was a nice example of toddler prepping for emergency situations. I've seen way more intense videos. But they need to learn how to survive that situation. Toddlers falling into pool situations don't happen nicely and don't happen in their swim gear

Disagree with you guys as someone who has been involved, as a volunteer with these 'kids swim' programs.

You are correct it is great for a child that age to know what to do and not be paralyzed by fear when a fall into a pool happens.

HOWEVER, you can do it without causing the kid trauma or discomfort by simply teaching the kid to swim normally, and getting him to enjoy the water and then if you do the 'fall in to the pool test', he will swim, flip to his back, in a normal way to him.

The downside of doing it in the 'sink or swim' trauma way is a certain amount of kids do get traumatized and develop a phobia that makes it very hard for them to ever swim in their lives.

 

[Fedorgasm]

I personally wouldn't do it, but I think it's cool that she did.

 

[Morning Star]

I got tossed in a big ass Olympic Pool as did all the kids in my class when I learned to swim. None of us died. I don't see an issue with this. Much better someone knows how to swim than not. Can easily prevent the deaths of yourself and others if you can swim.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I'd use him as a javelin.

 

[TheChance]

Fully clothed with shoes on? Fuck no, goddamn savages.

 

[ChickenBrother]

Disagree with you guys as someone who has been involved, as a volunteer with these 'kids swim' programs.

You are correct it is great for a child that age to know what to do and not be paralyzed by fear when a fall into a pool happens.

HOWEVER, you can do it without causing the kid trauma or discomfort by simply teaching the kid to swim normally, and getting him to enjoy the water and then if you do the 'fall in to the pool test', he will swim, flip to his back, in a normal way to him.

The downside of doing it in the 'sink or swim' trauma way is a certain amount of kids do get traumatized and develop a phobia that makes it very hard for them to ever swim in their lives.

To be clear, I'm not saying this is the best or only way to do it but we agree teaching water survival to a kid is critical. I took my kids to swim class once/week from around age 4 and they were learning how to "swim" but not how to float, which is obviously a problem. I could have done the "sink or swim" thing with them but I instead took the snowflake approach of allowing them plenty of time to get very comfortable in a pool and teaching them how to float when they were much older than the kid in the OP.

 

[BluntForceTrama]

That’s horseshit


Guaranteed he’s remembering that for a long time

Stupid woman. Theres no need to traumatize a kid while learning to swim

 

[method115]

This doesn't seem worth it to me honestly. Maybe if we lived in some water world like apocalypse but that's about it.

 

[ChosenOne]

To be clear, I'm not saying this is the best or only way to do it but we agree teaching water survival to a kid is critical. I took my kids to swim class once/week from around age 4 and they were learning how to "swim" but not how to float, which is obviously a problem. I could have done the "sink or swim" thing with them but I instead took the snowflake approach of allowing them plenty of time to get very comfortable in a pool and teaching them how to float when they were much older than the kid in the OP.

i don't know if it is the 'snowflake' way because there is another outcome that is possible which is the kid becomes so frightened they develop a phobia that then does not allow them swim ever. That may not happen a lot but, when it does, that is a failure compared to teaching them to swim and float without trauma, which can be done at any age.

For instance there is no reason a parent/instructor could not be in that pool, with that child from that video, holding the kid while putting him to float on his back. You keep repeating that until the kid no longer needs the parents/instructors hands. Once the child can float with no help, you then teach them how to hold their breath under water. In our volunteer group we would blow on the child's nose, they would stop breathing and then you go under the water with them. First time is instant in and out and then you lengthen the time over many other dips.

ONce you have a child who learns to hold their breath under water and can float on its back you can drop them or leave them in the pool and they will do it naturally. You will see the kid bobbing around and then flip to their back as they have fun in the water.