How early is too early for kids to learn how to swim? There’s no real scientific answer to this question but we recommend that you start them off as early as possible. You might be surprised to find out that babies as young as six months old, already have the capability to learn to float on their backs so this might not be a bad again time to enroll them for proper swimming lessons with a qualified infant instructor.
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Prevent the fear of water
Kids aren’t born with a fear of water so teaching them how to swim before environmental influences have a chance to cultivate that fear is a wise idea. A lot of people develop this acquired fear of water and never get over it, which prevents them from taking up swimming or even enjoying other water sports later in life. You can prevent your child from being a victim of this by making sure they learn how to swim for an early age.
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Safety
Approximately 1 in 5 of the 14, 000 people who drown every year in the United States, are children under the age of 14. That is a tragically significant number of preventable deaths. For safety’s sake, you could decide to keep your child away from pools and beaches while they are younger but then again there is water everywhere, so that approach is less than guaranteed. On the other hand, if from a very early age, your children are taught the basics of swimming and water survival, they would be able to take care of themselves even if an accident occurs and you may have some peace of mind, whenever they are around a body of water.
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Health and fitness
An increasing number of teenagers are obese these days, but you can prevent obesity in your child by encouraging them to take up exercise from as early an age as possible. Swimming is a good choice for exercise; it is great for burning calories, toning muscles and is gentle on the joints which is very important for young children.
Exercise has also been proven to have a long-term developmental effect on the brain so encouraging your child to do some sports during their developmental stages is a good way to aid their cognitive development.
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Develop swimming skills
One thing most elite athletes have in common is that they usually have been active in sports from a very early age. The earlier children start learning how to swim, the better chances they have of developing significant swimming skills and perhaps even having a successful professional swimming career. Here’s a caveat though, learning how to swim from an early age might not necessarily turn your child into the next Michael Phelps so don’t develop any unreasonably high expectations.
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Goal setting
Swimming as a sport helps to teach young children life lessons such as goal setting and competitiveness. Such lessons are more actively learned during competitions or in training for competitions but even in the absence of competitions most swimmers strive to beat their personal best. The earlier children are exposed to this way of thinking, the more competitive they will be in life, which will help them aggressively set and prosecute ambitious goals.
Conclusion
We hope you’re convinced; you should encourage and support your child on the journey to learning swimming and you will likely never regret it.
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