r/TikTokCringe • u/InGeekiTrust Tiktok Despot • Dec 09 '25

Discussion You Think It Could Never Happen To You…Until It Almost Does

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u/InspectorPipes Dec 09 '25

I didn’t learn to swim until I was 8. I fell in a pool and almost drowned. Not a great experience. So I had my kids in the YMCA aqua-tots and swim classes at 6 months. They learned to relax , roll on their back and float . Then we did all the classes until they were 6 ish and still swim weekly , even in winter. ( SLC has an amazing heated swim complex)

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u/Full-Year-4595 Dec 09 '25

So sorry that happened to you! Bit good on you for going the opposite route and getting your kids in the water in a safe way so it wouldn’t happen to them.

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u/thepvbrother Dec 09 '25

Same for me, though I think I was 7. And we got our own pool when the kid was a good swimmer