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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It by seszett on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:21AM (#17227453)
Well, I'm always surprised at how people seem to assume that just living by the sea should somehow make people learn to swim?

I probably went to the sea (the Atlantic, in France) and played in water every other day or so during summer and autumn for most of my life until I had to move away as an adult, but that didn't magically teach my how to swim. I had to learn later. And I still hate swimming.

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Re:Why Children Aren't Behaving and What We Can Do About It by toomanybeersies on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:34AM (#17227598)
I don't think that living next to the sea would make you magically learn how to swim, but rather that everybody should be taught to swim to a competent level.

If you live next to the sea, you're going to be spending time around and on the water. It follows that you should learn how to survive in the water if something goes wrong. What if you get caught in a rip, or if someone else gets in trouble in the water and you have to help them? What if you're in a dingy and it capsizes?

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