Suppose public schools had swimming pools for children?

Question

Would you let your child learn to swim?

Answer 1

Well It would depend if
1. The pool had well trained coaches and lifeguards waching
2. what age my kid was
3. how many kids in the class
4. I would also make sure they dont go soaking wet all day.
Here the public schools have pools for middle school- Highschool.

The teachers are trained in lifeguard, and pay close attention, there arent too many kids in the class, so yes i would let my kids swim.

Answer 2

Personlally I think that today swimming is an important thing for children. If they don't learn to swim or end up being afraid of swimming then they'll miss out on a lot of great stuff later on like swimming at camps or just having fun in the water.

I'd say that a program at a public school would need to be well-supervised and taught by certified swimming instructors who don't go over-the-edge and who work with young children one-on-one to help them learn how to swim. But should these instructors be unqualified for teaching lessons the kids could get in serious trouble. Then, if they are involved in a bad situation they'll probably become afraid of swimming later on in life and will miss out on those fun activities and will then get bad grades in gym once they need to go swimming in the class.

I'd say that if I were a parent I'd check out the program first to make sure that it was safe and that there was little chance of things going wrong for my own child. But of course accidents do happen even with the most certified teachers out there. Plus Autism, ADD and ADHD rates are on the rise which means that children could become distracted and wander off in the pool which could lead to a bad situation as well. Therefore, I also believe that these teachers should also have training experience around children with such conditions and they should know how to treat a child for both first aid and for any mental problem that may come up.

Answer 3

Many public schools DO have public pools. Ours does. It was built as a collaboration between the high school and YMCA. Our parents don't get an option, it is up to the student. We provide free swims for high school students, discount rates to families and some pool oriented gym classes. What would be the negative to letting a child learn to swim? Supervision? From my experiences, a child is more likely to die swimming in a lake with inattentive parents than a pool closely supervised by instructors and life guards!

Answer 4

There are some schools here in CA that do, and I probably would have, but I paid for swimming lessons since they were 3 years old.

Answer 5

Of course. As long as the class is well-supervised, and taught by licensed swim instructors. Why WOULDN'T you want your child to learn to swim?

Answer 6

yer, there are already public primary schools with their own pool, only they're generally old schools and they are hard to come across, why wouldn't you want your child to know how to swim?

i dunno, maybe its because im from Australia, everyone knows how to swim here, people only really drown in rivers or if their swept off rocks

oh, and yer i learnt to swim from the age of two outside of school and then from age 5 with program run by the school. learning to swim doesnt hurt you

Answer 7

In Australia all children learn water safety at preschool
In grade one one they learn to swim.
I think well supvised swimming lesson should be in all schools
all the way through primary

Answer 8

First thought in my mind was head lice. No, not from a swimming pool - but you get the idea. I wouldn't be comfortable with it at all.

Answer 9

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