The Importance of Swim Lessons
One of my first memories as child was sitting on the edge of a pool when I was three or four years old. I was precariously perched between my moms legs with both our feet dangling in, and I was lunging over trying to get into the water during my sisters swim lesson. I just looked at it as something fun then, but now I see how eager my mother was for my sister and I to be safe in the water. Water Safety is such a broad topic. It can cover so many factors that contribute to safety and can mean different things to different age groups, genders, and ethnic groups. Water is also a subject that is approached differently in every household. For example, my grandma was deathly afraid of the water, after an accident as a child. However, my mom loved the water, went to the pool everyday as a kid, and learned to swim after begging my grandpa. My sister and I were in the pool as soon as we were able to be, and both really loved it. Even though not everyone loves the water, because it is suc...