Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpfcla!ajs From: ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (ajs) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <32700027@hpfcla.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 18:20:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpfcla.32700027 Posted: Mon Aug 5 18:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 20:55:33 EDT References: <538@tekigm.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:tekigm:538:hpfcla:32700027:37777777600:1029 Nf-From: hpfcla!ajs Aug 5 14:20:00 1985 > Pediatricians are divided on whether extensive swimming training for > children under 4 is healthy. Hmmm... Our daughter, age 2.2, has swum about half an hour per week almost since birth, without any problems we've noticed. Dunno if you'd call that extensive or not. Anyway, she sure enjoys it, and is learning rapidly. She already holds her breath well, likes to jump in (even from diving boards), and handles herself competently in water up to her chin. Before long she will probably be "drownproofed" (our major goal). For a while I pushed her to learn to hold her breath. This resulted in her swallowing water more than I liked, and she clearly didn't enjoy it, so I backed off. Given the opportunity, young kids learn fast to swim well and enjoy it, but there is little to gain by pushing too hard, either. I'm all for "reasonable" swimming training from day one. Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado {ihnp4 | hplabs}!hpfcla!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"