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Do you know how to swim? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 days ago by tazzy@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If not, why haven’t you learned how?

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[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago

I couldn't swim until I was maybe 10 or 11 and it was awful. Thankfully my parents moved and my school mandated lessons - but I wasn't confident until maybe my late teens/early twenties?

I think kids should learn as early as possible and it makes me a bit sad that my niece and nephew haven't learned yet (and are unlikely to as their schools don't teach them and my sibling doesn't seem interested in getting them lessons or teaching them). We live on an island with a lot of water inland - it's more important than other stuff like riding a bike!