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Fear of Swimming? and How to Approach It?
A friend of ours gives our 4 yr old son private swim lessons, and we can get him in the water, and he might kick a little and even blow a few bubbles, but beyond that it is a fight to get him to do anything else like float on his back or put his head underwater. He's so uncooperative. And the frustrating thing is that he's done those things before. But now he claims he's "scared". The reward thing has not worked that much. I don't know if I should just dunk him or threaten him or punish him or what?! I'm afraid to give him a negative...
