And
we say, duh. But it's not quite as obvious as it sounds, it turns out.
Apparently, the accepted wisdom regarding swimming lessons had been to
hold of until a child is five or older -- that's according to the old
advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Their fear was that
younger kids who had had lessons (and their parents) would be
endangered by a false sense of confidence around bodies of water. And
after all, you can drown even if you've had swimming lessons.
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