No matter which country they are in or which pool they are standing next to, there is a moment that…
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Anyone who has seen a child advance through swim lessons will recognize the moment when something changes. Abruptly, the child…
Almost every swim class has a certain moment, usually in the third or fourth week. With wide eyes and tense…
Anyone who has spent time by the pool during a kids’ swim lesson will recognize the moment when a child…
Almost every children’s swimming class has a moment around week three or four when a child who had been holding…
On mornings, a line of parents and young children forms at a recreation center in Surrey, just off the A3,…
Some kids experience a specific kind of anxiety the night before school begins. It’s not loud or dramatic. It’s the…
Early in the evening, when the lane lines are motionless and the water hardly moves, a certain silence descends upon…
On a Saturday morning, a certain silence descends upon a swimming pool. The sound of a toddler’s arms windmilling as she launches herself off the edge. Nearby,
Between the sound of kids screaming with joy in the pool and the second plate of grilled prawns, there’s a…