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Almost a young child below 18 or two people drown to death every day in Malaysia.
I always reminded my friends that teaching their kids how to swim is a vital part of parental role, failing to do so is a gross negligence.
My parents are illiterate type of parents, they stopped me from learning swimming in the Muar river because of ignorant about swimming skill is a survival tool. The swimming place in the river bank is covered with wooden fence, it’s safe if the kids learn the swimming inside the “pondok”.
I found kids born after 80s in my village are not learning swimming because the fenced hut in the river bank is totally deserted all the time.
Somehow I had learned how to swim myself in the Muar River, a survival skill I valued for life.
Do not cry like a baby if your kids drown due to no swimming skill. Blame yourself till the end of your life for not teaching your kids to swim.
Swimming should be a basic right of every child
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/4/29/focus/13038893&sec=focus
I WOULD like to thank The Star for publishing “Be in the swim […]
