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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 18:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  5 18:20:00 1985
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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"