Drowning Practice
Have you ever taught a child to swim? I have attempted it. I also recall taking swimming lessons at the "Y" various times growing up. That summer when I was in kindergarten, and then the mandatory 4th-grade swim sessions. In the winter. Our hair froze into icicles on the return trip to school every day. When we moved four years ago, it was with joyous anticipation that each summer would be spent swimming in our above-ground pool. We would have a blast! I would teach each of the children to swim, being proficient in the art of swimming myself, I thought it would be a piece of cake. This is the first summer that Shop Girl and Hulk Boy are just barely tall enough to reach the bottom of the pool on tiptoes while stretching their necks as far as they can to breathe in air. Almost 4 feet tall, tipping their faces just above the surface for oxygen. They have informed me they don't need floaties anymore. I have tried to teach them a fe...