Becky Thomas on MormonTimes.com: Sink or swim – the choice is yours
Most of my life I have taught children to swim. One thing I have noticed is that when children learn to play in the water, before learning to swim properly, they often use devices or aids that will hold them vertically. Life jackets, water wings, inner tubes, water noodles or standing on the bottom make non-swimmers feel brave. These props give them all kinds of mobility in the water, and a rush of freedom, but this mobility only provides the illusion of swimming. Reality hits when they fall in without any of these aids, and they naturally attempt to keep their heads up, to stay vertical like they are accustomed to.
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hbeckett | July 5, 2009 at 7:47 p.m.
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