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5 essential water skills to know this summer

2025/5/26
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Colin Jones: 我认为作为社会,我们需要停止助长人们对水上活动的消极想法。一旦你开始认为自己不擅长某事,这种想法往往会变成现实。我鼓励大家克服羞耻感,积极参与游泳学习。我妈妈就是一个例子,她后悔没有早点学游泳,因为她脑海中有很多不能学或不应该学的理由。但重要的是,羞耻感与溺水相比,我宁愿克服羞耻感。我们要把“我不行,我不能”的想法转变为“我可以,我会,因为...”。学习游泳不仅仅是一项运动,更是一项重要的生活技能,可以保护自己和家人的安全。所以,不要害怕失败,专注于你的旅程,只要你努力,你就会变得更好。

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Many adults never learned to swim as children, and this can be a significant safety concern. The episode highlights the high drowning rates among adults, particularly Black and Indigenous Americans, emphasizing the importance of learning this crucial life skill.
  • High drowning rates among adults in the US
  • Disproportionately high drowning rates among Black and Indigenous adults
  • Importance of changing the narrative around learning to swim as an adult

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Knowing how to swim can help you have fun at the pool or beach this summer. But it could also save your life. Here are some tips to start swimming if you never learned as a kid. This episode originally published June 29, 2023.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)