As someone whose drowning experience was cause in entirety because of someone who didn't know how to swim trying to use me as a pool noodle please teach your kids how to swim.
Ella Day, it’s definitely not traumatic as most kids won’t even be able to remember, but it will be much more traumatic as a parent knowing you could have prevented their drowning...
It also actually kinda seems like its teaching to not be scared of the water and I feel like fear and panic would be the worst reactions to have to drowning or any emergency situation really
I actually took a class like this and (when I was a baby) my grandparents dogs pushed me into the pool and I almost drowned. But since I had been taking these classes it saved my life.
i learned how to swim because my brother and cousins were always playing around and they pushed eachother, including me to the pool so we all had to learn lol, took me some time to learn but it was worth knowing how to survive water
@@eloise4170 i was raise by my grandparent in a small village near the beach. I had asthma so since i was about couple of months they brought me to the shore every morning until my teenage year.Until today everytime i went to the beach all i can do is just rolling on the sand. Its not like that i had phobia or something i guess i just not a swimmer 😭😭😂😂
Zuxlshl her name was sophia. it didn’t garner much news traction because they wished to keep the death private, it only surfaced on our city’s newspaper. hope that’s enough verification for you
@@thisistinnytrying why be scared of someone with a missing arm? It could be from birth or accident. No need to be scared of people with a limb difference.
I know it's way off since 3 years, but I'm just thinking of parts being put out of context with her going, "I'm the teacher, I'm the bad guy." Then it switches over to her flipping the child over, slam!
i started learning to float when i was 7 months with my parents, at age 3 started to learn to swim properly at age 6 started diving with out any diving equipment, at age 11 went with my dad scuba diving in a 3 m deep pool and now at age 15 i am preparing my self to face the diving practical and theoretical tests.
I use to teach babies to swim best job I’ve ever had! Watching parents go from trying to keep water form touching there little ones face to literally dunking them underwater and letting go is the coolest thing I’ve ever done!
My dad did that from day 1 with my younger sister and saud all the mother's he was in the class with have him nasty looks. But the instructor was a friend and she's always loved swimming so I guess it worked out.
Emma Jenkins that’s awesome! More parents need to start teaching babies to swim they take to it naturally and it gives you some peace of mind around pools love it!!!
Alissa Burgan omg I do that now...but both babies and toddlers and up...but yeah sometimes I have to slowly convince the parents to put them under the water vs the others who just dunk them immediately 😂
So from day one how do they teach babies how not to drown? First day of class wouldn’t a baby gulp up water or breathe in air water.. I’m just wondering how that is prevented without there being no fatal accidents?
Jennifer Lopez babies have a natural reflex that causes them to hold there breath even without closing the mouth it’s called the epiglottis reflex. We start out by dripping water on the babies faces for the first couple classes and teaching the parents when to see them activate the epiglottis. Then it goes to mouth underwater then nose then eyes.
me and my siblings have all been through this training. it is not traumatizing in any way. we are all exellent swimmers and can save eachother if needed. it is in no way harming the baby and if the baby is in danger there are trained people to help
I'm a new zealander and I had swimming lessons from the age of 3 months because my mum was terrified of NZ's drowning stats. I'm totally fine and love the water :)
Inari Niles-Perez That’s been disproven many times by sleep experts. It’s an old myth that children NEED to cry. I have raised 4 children and I never let any of them cry it out and they all sleep great.
When I was about 2-3 years old I started to learn to paddle to keep myself over the surface. Whenever I was playing in the Pool with my Dad, he would suddenly flip me over, or do anything unexpected that made me be under water, so I could learn to deal with situations like that. I am so thankful for him not stopping even though other parents looked at us strange, bc when I was four years old, I fell into a lake and, without thinking about it, I started to paddle and come up to the surface.
This is absolutely amazing. It's incredible how intelligent and able children are..we really have to stop underestimating what kids are capable of with the right training. Great job Jennifer.
My older daughter was 5 when we first enrolled her. She hated the teacher and cried all the way to the class for the first 2 weeks. After that, she couldn’t wait to go. Got herself ready with her bag so we could get there early. The teacher was so nice that she allowed kids stayed in the pool playing. I am so grateful for what she did. As soon as the spring came, I enrolled my younger, she was 5 months old.
My mom also used to teach me how to "swim" when I was pretty pretty young. It wasn't traumatizing. It just makes me more relaxed that I know how to swim very well and in dangerous situations I would definitely survive.
This is just great! I started swimming classes when I was 2 and by the age of 5 I knew how to swim and how to do if I ever fell into deep water. This came in handy very soon, when I was 7. Not to save my life but a friend's but still a life.
What an eye opener i am saying this as a guy who survived drowning by luck when no one was near by till my cousin found me at the bottom of the pool like a rock green faced then 30 years later my other cousin died in the same pool God I wish we had this training bless you for sharing this 🙏
It's a good idea. This kind of training saved my toddlers life when he wandered out while I was in the bathroom and fell into our neighbors pool. I heard him alternating breathing and crying just as he'd been taught to do.
i lost my 3 year old niece to drowning, it took only a second to notice she was gone. i applaud any training that will keep a child alive during an emergency situation. keep it up !
Ive had a couple of experiences with drowning. When I was three I was left alone with my 8 years old brother to watch me swim. I accidentally slipped from my tube and started to drown. My brother, being the idiot he was, thought I was joking and started laughing. My dad is super protective so he ran and dived into the pool and fished me up, before making a scene by yelling at my brother. So then my mum sent me to swimming lessons at 4 so I can swim now. But the ocean. The ocean. naaahhhhhhh
I have gotten lessons since I was in elementary school. To this day, I still have not graduated from the shallow side of the pool. My parents don't like me getting near water either. Our culture associates the water with spirits and getting spiritwd away.
My parents did this with us way back in the 70s. Back then it was just called "drown proofing". I could literally swim before I could walk. At 9 months I happily swam from my dad out by the raft all the way in to my mother, waiting on the shore. We have home movies of my 10 month old sister being gently dropped off the end of the dock, giggling and grinning from ear to ear with anticipation, and swimming back towards the steps at the base of the dock. Far from being traumatized, she and I have never gotten over our lifelong love of the water. We were both champions on our high school swim team, she even got a scholarship. My purpose in sharing this isn't to brag, but rather just to seriously encourage you to do this with your baby! At worst (if done right) you're providing them with a fun and useful skill, but at its best you are potentially saving their life. It's a really, really awesome thing!
My mom learned to swim in a river in the 80s as a kid, now tho she doesn’t really even swim with me any more even though she loved going to the public pool when I was a kid, even when my grandma got her own pool last summer my mom still hardly ever goes in it so I’m the one that’s always using it besides my papa and my cousins lol, the rest of my family seems to have a fear of cold water XD
@@yeahyeah4244 I have a competitive family, dude. My dad taught me how to swim really young and, yes, i was taught in a lake and, yes, my dad just threw me in the water straight away and let me do my own thing for a while and figure out floating and all that on my own. and yes, i did get cookies. that part i remember vividly. i don't really care what your opinion of me is, but I don't like being called a liar, especially by someone ive never met once in my life.
Same.. I almost died in the sea and even went unconscious. My parents tried to teach me to swim after that but I developed aquaphobia so it was no use.
When I was a little baby, I would be scared of water, since it looked so deep. I tried to conquer my fear when I was at a beach at Australia, I was 4 years old around that time, but It made me fear water more. I neally drowned because of the waves that carried my petite bodies. When I was 6, I was enrolled in swimming classes. I'm now 16, 12 years from the time I neally drowned. I am now a strong swimmer who travels internationally to compete. Water has been a great part to my life. It's inspired me to be a better person.
it's a lesson learned for kids have swimming lessons I think that's good though given us women that's but you still have to keep eye of your kid but not lion somebody else are the skid knows how to swim some could still drown of a kid if it's yours
This is a fantastic precaution to take, but the videos STILL send twisted cold shivers through me. My two greatest fears are drowning and seeing little kids get hurt, and this combines BOTH. Still a great video regardless.
WONDERingNymph 14 true, although I would rather have my child survive a drowning risk than pulling him out of these classes due to not wanting to watch it.
I took this as a baby and it saved my life when I fell into a pool at a birthday party shortly after completing the classes. To be honest the class was a little traumatic considering I still remember how much I hated it but at the end of the day it saved my life so I’m happy my parents enrolled me.
as someone who took swim lessons starting at 6 months (we lived on the water and had a pool so it was necessary) i grew up loving swimming and even was on a swim team for a good chunk of my childhood. teaching your kid to survive in the water isn’t going to traumatize them.
As someone who has experienced some close calls with drowning as a child, I completely support this. There is nothing more scary than being a kid in a pool of water flailing for life while no one watches. That is traumatizing. That is something that instills itself into your memory for life. Humans are fragile and imperfect and we must prepare in every way possible for worst case scenarios.
I had an accident back then when I was like 10 years old. It was on summer vacation, my mom's company trip and family members tagged along. I was just playing near the shore with the other kids, just playing around with sand. Then it happened, it was just a blink of an eye, the sand collapsed and I was trapped in hole under water. I couldn't breath nor screamed anything. It was terrifying...Because I could still hear the noises people making above my head. I lost the time concept and the first time in my life I acknowledged drowning. Just as I thought I was running out of oxygen then I grabbed an ankle of someone. Like luckily my hands could raise up and I swung them around desperately. I grabbed one of my mom's colleague ankle. Thanks to her I was saved... So yeah, the water level was just up to your thighs and you almost drowned. Nowadays I still can't swim because my body's just frozen and rigid when I'm underwater so I can't float. And it's scary like your toes can't touch a solid base, you have nothing to hold. This training, I think it's necessary. If I had kids in the future, I would definitely sign them up to this class.
It seems like slowly we may be realising that very structured experiences that were once, on the surface, perceived as abusive, actually realise a potential that has been within us all along. Infants are vulnerable, but I think our perception of how vulnerable they are will gradually diminish when we give them the tools to not be. That doesn't mean taking away their childhood, but a careful guidance into independence.
My parents tried to put me in one of these classes when I was an infant. Unfortunately, I despised it and it instilled a fear of water that lasted until I was about seven. Despite this, I wish they had continued with the lessons.
ndgo control burns are made to damage the forest slightly so the bigger fire wont spread. This is not damaging the baby. This is developing the babies skills.
or like vaccines!! inject the virus into your body first in a controlled way before the virus gets in on its own. the best offense is a good defense, it makes complete sense but it’s really odd to think about
Jonnet i think he means in the way that you are subjecting the baby to adverse circumstances in a controlled way so that if an uncontrollable situation occurs it is easier to get out of. i think it’s a good analogy
My mom,RIP, put me in the ocean at very young, she said I immediately wanted to do it alone, so my love of the ocean began, she said I'd flop around in the waves and come up laughing hysterically, I'm so lucky she introduced me to it, she said people would stop and comment about how dangerous it looked until they saw me having the time of my life. We're born with instincts we never use, I did the same with my kids and I know they'll always be good swimmers not just for exercise but for conquering fears that tend to creep into our lives, maybe it helps them with confidence. 🙏
I have been a swim instructor for 5 years now and I don't know how many kids/babies I get who have come from isr and are traumatized and very fearful of the water. I have kids who throw up so much due to the psychological effects of isr that they have to have diet changes to foods that are easier to throw up so it doesn't do as much damage to their esophagus, so very bland diet. Typically a child on our program should move up to the next level after 4 months but with my isr kids, a lot of patience and time is needed to help reverse the fear. I have kids in the same level for years depending on how well they progress. It is so important to do your research to make sure you know the ins and outs of the different programs you are choosing for your kids. There are kids who do learn the skills but there are kids who develop negative effects way more than you think. My kids learn the same skills without fear and have a higher success rate than isr. I teach the same swim float swim technique under 2 years of age. My kids come into my class and greet me with open arms and a big hug and are so excited for swim lessons. Swim lessons can start as soon as their umbilical cord falls off. Do your research.
I'm a swim instructor and I've taught babies as young as 6 months. They're more capable than people think! It's super important that kids learn how to AT LEAST back-float. I teach 13 year olds who scream and cry more than the 2 year olds.
My daughter, 2.5 y.o., is on week 4 of this My wife who cant swim REALLLLLLY struggled with the classes 🤣 super anxious. Im a phenomenal swimmer and have been around oceans and pools since 3. I was super chill and had to remind her she was safe. My daughter is now a better swimmer than my wife
When I was a kid I nearly drowned in a pool that had a ton of people in and around it. I was terrified and no one noticed until I grabbed onto someone’s arm. That’s not an experience I wish on anyone. Get your kids into lessons as soon as you can.
This made me cry. My 6 year old sister almost drown because she fell into a pool and panicked. Thank god I was there and jumped in after her struggling for a good minute.
When i was kid my dad kicked me on canal(a local 2-5meter deap 45meter wide whater sorce) and say swim my child and now I'm swimming like a champion 🤗 i love my dad
OMG i'd put laughing faces if I could. Babies/toddlers are put to sleep for that procedure and don't remember a thing when they wake up and are given medication so they're not in pain. It heals quickly too so they don't suffer in pain either. My friend is a nurse and sees tons of babies get it done. Not traumatizing at all. Things you do with babies like circumsision or ears being pierced, they don't remember it at all a few hours later.
Times have changed alot because i have autism and when i was about 1 or 2 my aunt dunked me in the pool not even that much and it scared the liveing daylights outta me, so i didn't really learn to swim till i was about 8yrs old... so now doing these classes will help so many babys, i wish them luck on swimming!!
All too often we care entirely too much about what a child thinks, feels, and wants. Sometimes there is something to old school parenting. This isn't a class about throwing a child into the deep end to see if he sinks or swims. This is for the greater good of your child surviving should he wander into the backyard. Back in 2001 a four-year-old was found floating face down in Tommy Lee's pool during a joint birthday party he hosted with ex-Pamela Anderson for his elder son Brandon. The tragic youngster was apparently not spotted as other children frolicked in the water. As a parent, you can either live with that headline for the rest of your life or deal with 10 minutes of uncomfortable crying during each lesson. This class would only be a problem for those self-centered parents that never want to hear their child cry.
So the problem is people are bringing their kids to a pool, not watching them all the time, and the baby falls in? If that's the problem then just put some type of floating device on the baby when you go to the pool just in case?
yep, what Sliderr718 said. These are often backyards or apartment complex pools. What often happens is that the fence hasn't latched shut and the child wanders outside and falls in. Or in some cases there's a social gathering going on and everyone assumes everyone else is watching the kids.
askmiller I almost drowned when I was 3; the whole extended family was at a restaurant with a play area. My cousins took me there to play and in I apparently decided I was bored and went to look at the pond and just decided to walk straight in. Parents can't look every single moment, so no one had seen me go, but an uncle noticed I was missing and went to look for me. Fortunately it was October and I was wearing a thick jacket that had trapped a lot of air, so I was floating in the middle of the pond, sinking only slowly.
askmiller Are these "devices" attached to the child's face and or mouth/nose? Do they resist all manner of damage up to and exceeding what you would expect from something dedicated to saving the life of your child? Are they systematically engineered to perfection in accordance to the value of their cargo? I ask you, miller, what say you?
Christian Rankin I say they're inflatable floaties that cost like 5 bucks and take 10 min to inflate and attach to your child rather than several weeks of classes which costs god knows what. You just need something to keep his or her head above the water.
when I was 13 years old I almost drowned but because I knew a little bit about swimming it saved my life.. .. this classes are very very important. It helps a lot I can tell... I wish I was in one of those classes when I was a baby. Good job to the person who started all this. this also helps with fear .. it boost up the child confidence . And I'd rather be safe than sorry
I taught my son how to survive in a pool at 2 months old. A month later it paid off. He is now 10 years old & can’t get enough of swimming, diving & sailing. As a parent, this is one of the top priorities for you. We just lost a neighbor’s 2 year old after he fell into a river nearby our home. Don’t wait a single moment longer, it’s your obligation as a parent.
I have a family member that remembers this in a very traumatic way. This should be researched as well because he talks about it in a very negative light.
@@Ayu20001 that is what research says. But if you put someone under hypnosis, especially with trauma patients, they can remember things and sensations as early as 6-8 months. Those memories are stored in the hippocampus.
I’m a swim instructor! I think it’s great to see parents come in with their babies and work on even exposing them to the water. So many adults are scared of it and can’t do anything but wade around. Start teaching them young, swimming is an important life safety skill.
After ten months of this program made my 2yo petrified of water until he was five. Only now is he really learning how to swim and being comfortable in the water.
I had a swimming instructor force me under, I was old enough to talk for sure but I was very confused on why she shoved me in, I can’t remember how long I went to that instructor before that but after I didn’t go again. I do not think it was to help me create survival techniques it just made me afraid of any large ish body of water ...
This is the kind of thing we need to keep our kids safe... when I was 11 my cousin who had never received any swim training drowned in our local pool and it has traumatized me. I sincerely hope no one else needs to go through that so make sure you learn to swim!
My aunt lost her 2-3 year old son due to drowning even with 3 of her older sons 13+ were in the pool when she went to get the 2-3 year old ice cream. I really wish this was more advertised and known 10+ years ago because it would have saved him. Rest In piece The cousin I never got the chance to meet more then once we love you❤️❤️
Near-drowning is something I wish to never experience again. Please, everyone, teach this to your child.
Odin bless
As someone whose drowning experience was cause in entirety because of someone who didn't know how to swim trying to use me as a pool noodle please teach your kids how to swim.
A: i’m so so sorry for you
B: i agree this is necessary if they keep young children from dying.
I almost drowned as a kid but fortunately my dad was there...
Gosh, drowning is horrifying. I have almost drowned, too.
people might say its evil and traumatising, but id rather put my kid through that than lose my child because of a drowning incident.
Ella Day, it’s definitely not traumatic as most kids won’t even be able to remember, but it will be much more traumatic as a parent knowing you could have prevented their drowning...
Hideo_22, if the child is near a pool that you own, then this is when it becomes necessary...
Or maybe you don't need a pool.
@@AnnafromHungarylvNW or maybe some pools are instaled long before the baby is born.
Best coment ever what an intellectual
It also actually kinda seems like its teaching to not be scared of the water and I feel like fear and panic would be the worst reactions to have to drowning or any emergency situation really
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@@masterdementer 😄
Well they say that a tip to prevent drowning is to relax and be still, then move. If its true, it makes sense
Yup....you can't float when you are tensed and stiff
Exactly, I can't swim because of that reason, and it's hard to start learning now when you are this old.
“My nephew doesn’t really like swimming.”
*”But he doesn’t really like Jennifer either.”*
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@Mike Hunt r/ihadastroke
Mike Hunt are... you okay?
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@Mike Hunt same.
Mike Hunt, Deep breathes,
I actually took a class like this and (when I was a baby) my grandparents dogs pushed me into the pool and I almost drowned. But since I had been taking these classes it saved my life.
same but in the sea
I hope those dogs were prosecuted for attempted murder 😤
SRS I don’t know if I should laugh or cry
@@oh-ohstinky5819 Both lol
Those dogs are evil
The kid doesn’t like the lesson? Who cares. We need you to be safe and alive.
Right! That's like saying if your child doesn't like school then you shouldn't take them, but they need it in order to have a good future.
I didn't like any food when i was younger but my parents still had to some how feed me and this is the same thing
JasmineSkyy babies don't even remember things prior to 3yrs old typically anyway soo 🤷🏾♀️ why not.
That's like a kid who doesn't wanna drink medicine because it's bitter then you allow it.
That’s beyond wether it likes it or not, the baby feels threatened and that could result in a trauma..
My dad just yeeted me into the pool and said swim
my mom experienced the same but with her big brother
@サミュエル yea!
Yeet!
Hahahaha
same
is NOBODY gonna talk about how the third cause of children 1-4 dying is flipping MURDER???? (0:55) What the heck?!???!
Yup. There are a lot of sickos out their. Keep your family safe.
Disturbing, shocking and terrifying. Unbelievable!! People are crazy
And they are more likely to be harmed by someone they know
Aušrinė Svečiulytė ikr
Child abuse usually leads to Murder and the survivors stories usually stay untold because they feel they’d betray their parents “discipline”
Controversial? sure. Survival? Priceless.
Very true.
For everything else their is MasterCard
Hotel? Trivago.
@@lahaina4791 and Goku survived being lunch in space when he was a month old
@@yamilibamba1 dang im 4 months late
Would rather watch my child go through 10 minutes of being uncomfortable than have to go through the grief of losing my child
Ahahha. That's about u. Not about your child. Your child will suffer for the rest of there life...
Atleast they have a life to "suffer" through
Agreed, the most important part is survival.
@HorizonGaming791 or Just teach it to be safe around water, far easier and realistic
HorizonGaming791 So they’ll be scared of water until they are twenty? Ok boomer, we didn’t need your opinion
this should be a more common thing. I still don’t really know how to swim even after being out into swimming classes
I feel u
i learned how to swim because my brother and cousins were always playing around and they pushed eachother, including me to the pool so we all had to learn lol, took me some time to learn but it was worth knowing how to survive water
Im 30 and i cant even float 😔😔
a crying emoticon god I thought being 13 and only just being able to float is bad-
@@eloise4170 i was raise by my grandparent in a small village near the beach. I had asthma so since i was about couple of months they brought me to the shore every morning until my teenage year.Until today everytime i went to the beach all i can do is just rolling on the sand. Its not like that i had phobia or something i guess i just not a swimmer 😭😭😂😂
That baby can see underwater and I can’t 😭😭
my eyes burn so bad when i go in water with chlorine without goggles, i don't even open my eyes
I'm guessing those pools they train in doesn't have any chlorine? Just my guess.
He drinks his morning coffee every day; if you too drink your coffee, you can see under water too
@@acupofcoffee9082 okay. I shall now drink you.
@@crawfishdig let's just say that I'm the the opposite of you...
1:57 that sounds like some navy seals stuff "if you do good you will be rewarded with air"
Kermit Frog He at BUDs Training
more like swim practice
Yeah that sounded kinda dark to me, too 😳
Keeping it froggy!
my friends little sister died from drowning, she was 8 months old. please everyone teach this to your child
Aw, that’s so sad.... lots of prayers for that family💕
*Verification;* what is her name
Zuxlshl her name was sophia. it didn’t garner much news traction because they wished to keep the death private, it only surfaced on our city’s newspaper. hope that’s enough verification for you
@@lolar7707 Sorry for you 😭
I'm sorry for your loss... Lots of prayers ❤️❤️
I saw a baby with a missing arm get flipped into a pool and able to float back up because of training like this. Keep up the good work guys!!
The missing arm scares me, but very good!
@@thisistinnytrying why be scared of someone with a missing arm? It could be from birth or accident. No need to be scared of people with a limb difference.
its super weird to watch when she WWE´s his tiny body upside down in the Pool, but if it helps, why not! :D
I know it's way off since 3 years, but I'm just thinking of parts being put out of context with her going, "I'm the teacher, I'm the bad guy." Then it switches over to her flipping the child over, slam!
i started learning to float when i was 7 months with my parents, at age 3 started to learn to swim properly at age 6 started diving with out any diving equipment, at age 11 went with my dad scuba diving in a 3 m deep pool and now at age 15 i am preparing my self to face the diving practical and theoretical tests.
Wow mate :0
lucky.. I drown in like 5 seconds after being in the water
At age 12 i still dont know how to swim
I'm 5"2 and stay in the 3ft side
@@meepgoesrawr6168 Same but 11
I use to teach babies to swim best job I’ve ever had! Watching parents go from trying to keep water form touching there little ones face to literally dunking them underwater and letting go is the coolest thing I’ve ever done!
My dad did that from day 1 with my younger sister and saud all the mother's he was in the class with have him nasty looks. But the instructor was a friend and she's always loved swimming so I guess it worked out.
Emma Jenkins that’s awesome! More parents need to start teaching babies to swim they take to it naturally and it gives you some peace of mind around pools love it!!!
Alissa Burgan omg I do that now...but both babies and toddlers and up...but yeah sometimes I have to slowly convince the parents to put them under the water vs the others who just dunk them immediately 😂
So from day one how do they teach babies how not to drown? First day of class wouldn’t a baby gulp up water or breathe in air water.. I’m just wondering how that is prevented without there being no fatal accidents?
Jennifer Lopez babies have a natural reflex that causes them to hold there breath even without closing the mouth it’s called the epiglottis reflex. We start out by dripping water on the babies faces for the first couple classes and teaching the parents when to see them activate the epiglottis. Then it goes to mouth underwater then nose then eyes.
I personally believe that if a baby if perfectly safe throughout the whole process, earlier water survival is essential.
Miri Hawk Yeah, under heavy supervision in the shallow end
me and my siblings have all been through this training. it is not traumatizing in any way. we are all exellent swimmers and can save eachother if needed. it is in no way harming the baby and if the baby is in danger there are trained people to help
These classes are very important. So many kids needlessly drown.
because of lack of supervision by the parent. If you have any water near your house keep an eye on your kid and drowning won't happen.
Isabell Lightwood But what if you blink
I'm 14 and can't *even* float
And a few needfully drown.
Garry Hole me too
I'm a new zealander and I had swimming lessons from the age of 3 months because my mum was terrified of NZ's drowning stats. I'm totally fine and love the water :)
Sophia Neilsson ayyy New Zealand
Sophia Neilsson from a fellow kiwi it’s this is so trueeeeeee
Can you swim now?
Isn’t it dangerous for babies to drink water before 6 months?
Wait then do they just shrivel up?
After ISR we actually were more vigilant in watching our kids at the pool but we were also more relaxed in letting them explore their limits.
The baby still relaxed when he's on the side of the pool. It's a sign of not being traumatized.
Her:and his tears aren’t that different from when he doesn’t wanna take a nap The kid: *demonic screeching
Kids are demons and they’re always screeching😔
That’s a whole different controversy. Letting your kid cry it out. 😢
@@rachele3334 your supposed to let children cry it out sometimes or else they can have many issues as they grow
Inari Niles-Perez That’s been disproven many times by sleep experts. It’s an old myth that children NEED to cry. I have raised 4 children and I never let any of them cry it out and they all sleep great.
Let's just say here in the UK, that risk doesn't exist. Nobody has a pool.
Natalie M dude the uk is surrounded by water
Rijn the babies cant walk to the beach
amelia silina underrated comment
Natalie M do you guys have community pools at least?
amelia silina yeah no but accidents always seem to happen
When I was about 2-3 years old I started to learn to paddle to keep myself over the surface. Whenever I was playing in the Pool with my Dad, he would suddenly flip me over, or do anything unexpected that made me be under water, so I could learn to deal with situations like that. I am so thankful for him not stopping even though other parents looked at us strange, bc when I was four years old, I fell into a lake and, without thinking about it, I started to paddle and come up to the surface.
This is absolutely amazing. It's incredible how intelligent and able children are..we really have to stop underestimating what kids are capable of with the right training. Great job Jennifer.
My older daughter was 5 when we first enrolled her. She hated the teacher and cried all the way to the class for the first 2 weeks. After that, she couldn’t wait to go. Got herself ready with her bag so we could get there early. The teacher was so nice that she allowed kids stayed in the pool playing. I am so grateful for what she did. As soon as the spring came, I enrolled my younger, she was 5 months old.
My mom also used to teach me how to "swim" when I was pretty pretty young. It wasn't traumatizing. It just makes me more relaxed that I know how to swim very well and in dangerous situations I would definitely survive.
Depends on how far you have to swim, how cold the water is, strong currents, steep banks, etc. One should never be arrogant, but ha
I can't swim, but a baby younger than a year can?
I am ashamed of myself!
Never too late :)
Hey, it's been a year! Have you started learning yet?
Never too late until it is, I encourage you to start dude...
It's not hard. Takes less than a week if you're motivated
Bentigiri yea try to stay calm and you’ll learn in no time. If you just float on your back you gain already start to feel safer. It’s a nice start
This is just great! I started swimming classes when I was 2 and by the age of 5 I knew how to swim and how to do if I ever fell into deep water. This came in handy very soon, when I was 7. Not to save my life but a friend's but still a life.
This was argued incredibly well. Some smart folks up at Vox.
As she said. This is the 3rd level of defense. If all else fails there’s one more chance for them and that’s why I support this.
What an eye opener i am saying this as a guy who survived drowning by luck when no one was near by till my cousin found me at the bottom of the pool like a rock green faced then 30 years later my other cousin died in the same pool God I wish we had this training bless you for sharing this 🙏
Scary to watch!!! But very important. Very proud of these people(:
The baby monitor scream 😂🤣😂 so unexpected
Ok but MURDER shouldn’t be that high up on the list
it shouldn't be on the list at all
What murder
People shake their kids too much when they want them to stop crying....
Ofc! Exactly! But can you do anything to lower it?
aside from whether its a good idea or not, this is so fascinating and i can’t stop watching this video
It's a good idea. This kind of training saved my toddlers life when he wandered out while I was in the bathroom and fell into our neighbors pool. I heard him alternating breathing and crying just as he'd been taught to do.
i lost my 3 year old niece to drowning, it took only a second to notice she was gone. i applaud any training that will keep a child alive during an emergency situation. keep it up !
Ive had a couple of experiences with drowning. When I was three I was left alone with my 8 years old brother to watch me swim. I accidentally slipped from my tube and started to drown. My brother, being the idiot he was, thought I was joking and started laughing. My dad is super protective so he ran and dived into the pool and fished me up, before making a scene by yelling at my brother.
So then my mum sent me to swimming lessons at 4 so I can swim now.
But the ocean.
The ocean.
naaahhhhhhh
The deep ocean is a FAT no from me
Yeah screw the ocean
I have gotten lessons since I was in elementary school. To this day, I still have not graduated from the shallow side of the pool. My parents don't like me getting near water either. Our culture associates the water with spirits and getting spiritwd away.
The ocean is very hard to swim in even for professionals.
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Babies swimming in water is so precious and beautiful
Ok but if you look at the graph at 0:55, you see that MURDER is the 3rd child killer. SERIOUSLY? MURDER? What the hell?!?
That's horrible :(
Most child murders are from family or people they closing know.
My parents did this with us way back in the 70s. Back then it was just called "drown proofing". I could literally swim before I could walk. At 9 months I happily swam from my dad out by the raft all the way in to my mother, waiting on the shore. We have home movies of my 10 month old sister being gently dropped off the end of the dock, giggling and grinning from ear to ear with anticipation, and swimming back towards the steps at the base of the dock. Far from being traumatized, she and I have never gotten over our lifelong love of the water. We were both champions on our high school swim team, she even got a scholarship.
My purpose in sharing this isn't to brag, but rather just to seriously encourage you to do this with your baby! At worst (if done right) you're providing them with a fun and useful skill, but at its best you are potentially saving their life. It's a really, really awesome thing!
My mom learned to swim in a river in the 80s as a kid, now tho she doesn’t really even swim with me any more even though she loved going to the public pool when I was a kid, even when my grandma got her own pool last summer my mom still hardly ever goes in it so I’m the one that’s always using it besides my papa and my cousins lol, the rest of my family seems to have a fear of cold water XD
My dad just threw me into a lake when I was three and gave me a cookie for not drowning.
Amazing? 😂
Epic
Lies
@@yeahyeah4244 I have a competitive family, dude. My dad taught me how to swim really young and, yes, i was taught in a lake and, yes, my dad just threw me in the water straight away and let me do my own thing for a while and figure out floating and all that on my own. and yes, i did get cookies. that part i remember vividly.
i don't really care what your opinion of me is, but I don't like being called a liar, especially by someone ive never met once in my life.
Although it hurt watching this I think it's very good that that's classes like this available
I nearly died a few times in my life because i was never taught how to swim..
Ashleyxn taught yourself
lau j that might not be the safest option...
Same.. I almost died in the sea and even went unconscious. My parents tried to teach me to swim after that but I developed aquaphobia so it was no use.
@lada zibarova wth dude thats not how it works youd probably be terrified of something too if you nearly died from it. stop acting so high and mighty
In the UK we especially need it. There's so much rain that we practically swim to school.
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When I was a little baby, I would be scared of water, since it looked so deep. I tried to conquer my fear when I was at a beach at Australia, I was 4 years old around that time, but It made me fear water more. I neally drowned because of the waves that carried my petite bodies. When I was 6, I was enrolled in swimming classes. I'm now 16, 12 years from the time I neally drowned. I am now a strong swimmer who travels internationally to compete. Water has been a great part to my life. It's inspired me to be a better person.
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I am grateful my dad taught this to me, my sisters, and all of his niece and nephews. It does saved our life.
I was LOLed when Jennifer said
"I'm a teacher, I'm the bad guy"
So true 😂
That’s it. All my future kids are getting swimming lessons.
Good for you
it's a lesson learned for kids have swimming lessons I think that's good though given us women that's but you still have to keep eye of your kid but not lion somebody else are the skid knows how to swim some could still drown of a kid if it's yours
Aquaman origin story
@ᴋɪᴍᴍʏ! *lead me to the land*
This is a fantastic precaution to take, but the videos STILL send twisted cold shivers through me. My two greatest fears are drowning and seeing little kids get hurt, and this combines BOTH.
Still a great video regardless.
WONDERingNymph 14 true, although I would rather have my child survive a drowning risk than pulling him out of these classes due to not wanting to watch it.
@@mcknightmom4 Agreed! Absolutely! It's worth the effort to avoid the very present risk.
I took this as a baby and it saved my life when I fell into a pool at a birthday party shortly after completing the classes. To be honest the class was a little traumatic considering I still remember how much I hated it but at the end of the day it saved my life so I’m happy my parents enrolled me.
That kid is gonna end up becoming a world-renowned Olympic swimmer.
DD nah i learned to swim/ survive in the water when i was a baby and i’m a good endurance swimmer but not a super fast one if that makes since
as someone who took swim lessons starting at 6 months (we lived on the water and had a pool so it was necessary) i grew up loving swimming and even was on a swim team for a good chunk of my childhood. teaching your kid to survive in the water isn’t going to traumatize them.
As someone who has experienced some close calls with drowning as a child, I completely support this. There is nothing more scary than being a kid in a pool of water flailing for life while no one watches. That is traumatizing. That is something that instills itself into your memory for life. Humans are fragile and imperfect and we must prepare in every way possible for worst case scenarios.
I had an accident back then when I was like 10 years old. It was on summer vacation, my mom's company trip and family members tagged along. I was just playing near the shore with the other kids, just playing around with sand. Then it happened, it was just a blink of an eye, the sand collapsed and I was trapped in hole under water. I couldn't breath nor screamed anything. It was terrifying...Because I could still hear the noises people making above my head. I lost the time concept and the first time in my life I acknowledged drowning. Just as I thought I was running out of oxygen then I grabbed an ankle of someone. Like luckily my hands could raise up and I swung them around desperately. I grabbed one of my mom's colleague ankle. Thanks to her I was saved...
So yeah, the water level was just up to your thighs and you almost drowned.
Nowadays I still can't swim because my body's just frozen and rigid when I'm underwater so I can't float. And it's scary like your toes can't touch a solid base, you have nothing to hold.
This training, I think it's necessary. If I had kids in the future, I would definitely sign them up to this class.
My dad had me go through similar swimming things at home, and I’m extremely thankful for it to this day
It seems like slowly we may be realising that very structured experiences that were once, on the surface, perceived as abusive, actually realise a potential that has been within us all along. Infants are vulnerable, but I think our perception of how vulnerable they are will gradually diminish when we give them the tools to not be. That doesn't mean taking away their childhood, but a careful guidance into independence.
My parents tried to put me in one of these classes when I was an infant. Unfortunately, I despised it and it instilled a fear of water that lasted until I was about seven. Despite this, I wish they had continued with the lessons.
this is essentially like using controlled burns to stop forrest fires its brilliant but looks kinda stupid
ndgo control burns are made to damage the forest slightly so the bigger fire wont spread. This is not damaging the baby. This is developing the babies skills.
or like vaccines!! inject the virus into your body first in a controlled way before the virus gets in on its own. the best offense is a good defense, it makes complete sense but it’s really odd to think about
Jonnet i think he means in the way that you are subjecting the baby to adverse circumstances in a controlled way so that if an uncontrollable situation occurs it is easier to get out of. i think it’s a good analogy
I like that The instructor isn't there to be liked, she's there to save lives.
My mom,RIP, put me in the ocean at very young, she said I immediately wanted to do it alone, so my love of the ocean began, she said I'd flop around in the waves and come up laughing hysterically, I'm so lucky she introduced me to it, she said people would stop and comment about how dangerous it looked until they saw me having the time of my life. We're born with instincts we never use, I did the same with my kids and I know they'll always be good swimmers not just for exercise but for conquering fears that tend to creep into our lives, maybe it helps them with confidence. 🙏
I have been a swim instructor for 5 years now and I don't know how many kids/babies I get who have come from isr and are traumatized and very fearful of the water. I have kids who throw up so much due to the psychological effects of isr that they have to have diet changes to foods that are easier to throw up so it doesn't do as much damage to their esophagus, so very bland diet. Typically a child on our program should move up to the next level after 4 months but with my isr kids, a lot of patience and time is needed to help reverse the fear. I have kids in the same level for years depending on how well they progress. It is so important to do your research to make sure you know the ins and outs of the different programs you are choosing for your kids. There are kids who do learn the skills but there are kids who develop negative effects way more than you think. My kids learn the same skills without fear and have a higher success rate than isr. I teach the same swim float swim technique under 2 years of age. My kids come into my class and greet me with open arms and a big hug and are so excited for swim lessons. Swim lessons can start as soon as their umbilical cord falls off. Do your research.
...this is disheartening
Do you know anyone who teaches this technique in the DC area?
People talk like this is "traumatizing" as if the baby won't cry just as hard when they drop their juice later.
Hey man, school is traumatising, nothing I learned there will ever save my life when the time comes.
I'm a swim instructor and I've taught babies as young as 6 months. They're more capable than people think! It's super important that kids learn how to AT LEAST back-float. I teach 13 year olds who scream and cry more than the 2 year olds.
im an adult and the water still terrifies me. i wish that my parents put me into one of these classes or at least a swim class when i was older.
My daughter, 2.5 y.o., is on week 4 of this
My wife who cant swim REALLLLLLY struggled with the classes 🤣 super anxious. Im a phenomenal swimmer and have been around oceans and pools since 3. I was super chill and had to remind her she was safe. My daughter is now a better swimmer than my wife
When I was a kid I nearly drowned in a pool that had a ton of people in and around it. I was terrified and no one noticed until I grabbed onto someone’s arm. That’s not an experience I wish on anyone. Get your kids into lessons as soon as you can.
Is swallowing water and dry drowning a concern for kids who take these lessons?
Did this with my younger cousin, now he has been underwater for about an hour. I am so proud of him 🤗
This made me cry. My 6 year old sister almost drown because she fell into a pool and panicked. Thank god I was there and jumped in after her struggling for a good minute.
When i was kid my dad kicked me on canal(a local 2-5meter deap 45meter wide whater sorce) and say swim my child and now I'm swimming like a champion 🤗 i love my dad
I kept holding my breath everytime they flip him lol but it's important to teach them this stuff. Nice video.
that's a whole hell of a lot less traumatizing then circumcision
if you drown the child beforehand I think there isn't any effect. #ProTips
Another weirdo that manages to tie the most unrelated things back to circumcision...
How is this relevant?
OMG i'd put laughing faces if I could. Babies/toddlers are put to sleep for that procedure and don't remember a thing when they wake up and are given medication so they're not in pain. It heals quickly too so they don't suffer in pain either. My friend is a nurse and sees tons of babies get it done. Not traumatizing at all. Things you do with babies like circumsision or ears being pierced, they don't remember it at all a few hours later.
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2:51 No no no ma'am you're not the bad guy you're a hero 😁 God knows how many lives she saved
Times have changed alot because i have autism and when i was about 1 or 2 my aunt dunked me in the pool not even that much and it scared the liveing daylights outta me, so i didn't really learn to swim till i was about 8yrs old... so now doing these classes will help so many babys, i wish them luck on swimming!!
You know what’s traumatic? Dying by drowning in a pool. If I have a baby I’m absolutely going to find a class like this.
I did this when I was little and now you can’t get me out of the water same with my brother we can both wakeboard now and I can wake surf
All too often we care entirely too much about what a child thinks, feels, and wants. Sometimes there is something to old school parenting. This isn't a class about throwing a child into the deep end to see if he sinks or swims. This is for the greater good of your child surviving should he wander into the backyard. Back in 2001 a four-year-old was found floating face down in Tommy Lee's pool during a joint birthday party he hosted with ex-Pamela Anderson for his elder son Brandon. The tragic youngster was apparently not spotted as other children frolicked in the water. As a parent, you can either live with that headline for the rest of your life or deal with 10 minutes of uncomfortable crying during each lesson. This class would only be a problem for those self-centered parents that never want to hear their child cry.
Seriously underrated comment.
Spitting out facts
So the problem is people are bringing their kids to a pool, not watching them all the time, and the baby falls in? If that's the problem then just put some type of floating device on the baby when you go to the pool just in case?
askmiller It's not about public pools. Most if not all child drownings happen in a personal, family owned pool.
yep, what Sliderr718 said. These are often backyards or apartment complex pools. What often happens is that the fence hasn't latched shut and the child wanders outside and falls in. Or in some cases there's a social gathering going on and everyone assumes everyone else is watching the kids.
askmiller I almost drowned when I was 3; the whole extended family was at a restaurant with a play area. My cousins took me there to play and in I apparently decided I was bored and went to look at the pond and just decided to walk straight in. Parents can't look every single moment, so no one had seen me go, but an uncle noticed I was missing and went to look for me. Fortunately it was October and I was wearing a thick jacket that had trapped a lot of air, so I was floating in the middle of the pond, sinking only slowly.
askmiller Are these "devices" attached to the child's face and or mouth/nose? Do they resist all manner of damage up to and exceeding what you would expect from something dedicated to saving the life of your child? Are they systematically engineered to perfection in accordance to the value of their cargo?
I ask you, miller, what say you?
Christian Rankin I say they're inflatable floaties that cost like 5 bucks and take 10 min to inflate and attach to your child rather than several weeks of classes which costs god knows what. You just need something to keep his or her head above the water.
when I was 13 years old I almost drowned but because I knew a little bit about swimming it saved my life.. .. this classes are very very important. It helps a lot I can tell... I wish I was in one of those classes when I was a baby.
Good job to the person who started all this. this also helps with fear .. it boost up the child confidence . And I'd rather be safe than sorry
I taught my son how to survive in a pool at 2 months old. A month later it paid off. He is now 10 years old & can’t get enough of swimming, diving & sailing. As a parent, this is one of the top priorities for you. We just lost a neighbor’s 2 year old after he fell into a river nearby our home. Don’t wait a single moment longer, it’s your obligation as a parent.
I have a family member that remembers this in a very traumatic way. This should be researched as well because he talks about it in a very negative light.
He remembers this? From when he was a toddler? I don't know how possible that is.
infants dont develop experience memory until the age of 3. before 3, it's all motoric, instinct, and basic psychological memories.
Then it was probably done too late.
@@Ayu20001 that is what research says. But if you put someone under hypnosis, especially with trauma patients, they can remember things and sensations as early as 6-8 months. Those memories are stored in the hippocampus.
Jillian Kasman he does.
This should be mandatory for all families with young infants and swimming pools
That look at 3:28 cracked me up laughing. XD
I’m a swim instructor! I think it’s great to see parents come in with their babies and work on even exposing them to the water. So many adults are scared of it and can’t do anything but wade around. Start teaching them young, swimming is an important life safety skill.
After ten months of this program made my 2yo petrified of water until he was five. Only now is he really learning how to swim and being comfortable in the water.
I had a swimming instructor force me under, I was old enough to talk for sure but I was very confused on why she shoved me in, I can’t remember how long I went to that instructor before that but after I didn’t go again. I do not think it was to help me create survival techniques it just made me afraid of any large ish body of water ...
This is the kind of thing we need to keep our kids safe... when I was 11 my cousin who had never received any swim training drowned in our local pool and it has traumatized me. I sincerely hope no one else needs to go through that so make sure you learn to swim!
I'm sorry about your cousin. God bless.
Jennifer: I'm the bad guy
Me: *DUH*
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Itz KYPEX it’s a song by William eyelash
@@xombzz oh okay
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MasterZuz her name is Billie eilish
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People might say these classes are traumatizing, but I'd argue that drowning is more traumatizing.
No one is talking about how beautiful the speaker is...
0:24 OMG I FEEL BAD FOR LAUGHING😂😂
Know what’s more traumatic than these survival lessons? Baby funerals.
Welcome to the *Jurassic park* 3:03
_music plays_
demon +dinosaurs =3:03
Haha I was expecting some OST or something but this sent me flying xD
Ya'll forget that babies spent 9 month in water, when my baby brother was alive, he adored floating in swimming pools. He was a good boy :')
My aunt lost her 2-3 year old son due to drowning even with 3 of her older sons 13+ were in the pool when she went to get the 2-3 year old ice cream. I really wish this was more advertised and known 10+ years ago because it would have saved him. Rest In piece The cousin I never got the chance to meet more then once we love you❤️❤️