Contrary to what most adults believe, children welcome the thought of swimming.  This is what I usually notice whenever I chance upon parents teaching their toddlers how to swim in swimming pools of resorts I visit during summertime. After all, isn’t it the most natural thing in the world? 

When we were just fetuses, we were already exposed to the basics of swimming; we floated 24/7 inside that tiny little pool within our mother’s womb – her amniotic sac.   Training your child as appropriately early as possible gives your child a bigger chance of overcoming his/her fear of water.  The older and, at the same time, the smarter they get, the more they become fearful of it. 

Once they learn about the dangers of swimming, it seems almost impossible to unlearn it.  Take it from me — I’m still scared of swimming in a pool more than four feet deep and I studied swimming when I was ten years old!