Sam is very brave at the local pool. He gleefully puts his face in the water and tries to doggy paddle. He will use my legs to pull himself to the bottom of the pool. He thinks he can swim. He cannot swim.
He was crab crawling along the wall and decided to push off into water that was over his head. I watched him for a couple seconds to see if he could "swim" to where to water was shallower. Instead he kept bobbing in the water. He couldn't push up enough to get a breath before going back under. After a few bobs and no swimming, I swooped him out of the water.
"Sam, you need to stay where you can touch! You were drowning!"
With absolute calm authority he replied, "But Mom...I was wearing goggles!"
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