Hearing about a drowning brings back bad memories for me. My best friend from when I was 9-11 years old drowned 20 feet from a dock at a lake in BC. Never knew how to swim. His older brother stood helplessly on the dock, he didn't know how to swim either. They grew up no where near a pool in rural Alberta.
My kids can both swim, but we still supervise them both (9 and 6). Not sure at what age I will let go of that.
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