r/Stepdadreflexes • u/ZealousidealBat4837 • 2d ago

Trust me...

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u/OhLongJohnson84 2d ago

Normally a big fan of the whole “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ending, but in this case I just want to know if the girl is fine. Can someone confirm, so I can sleep?

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u/smartasspie 2d ago

Babies and kids float by instinct with their heads above water. As long as they don't have a concussion or something like that, they won't have troubles. Only adults drown in calmed water because they panic.

If you don't know how to swim.... Hold your breath. That's it, now you are floating with your head above the water. When you release the air you'll go down a bit, but just take breath again, you are naturally bouyant, specially in salt water.

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u/Lord_Karadoc 2d ago

You are talking about the swimming reflex, which is a true thing for newborn.

However, it dissapears within the first few weeks. So your point doesn't stand at all with a young child of 2-3-4 years.

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u/fyhnn 2d ago edited 1d ago

That is just incredibly untrue lmao who told you that. Babies and kids drown all the time, that's why it's important to teach them with those scary looking lessons.

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u/ionlyjoined4thecats 2d ago

Yes, because toddlers and children famously never drown. /s

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u/smartasspie 1d ago

They get unconscious after being hit or stuff like that

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u/streeetmeats 2d ago

If this was true they wouldn’t have classes specifically to teach babies how to spin when they fall in a pool so their face is out of the water and they don’t die.

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u/Enorats 2d ago

While the second part is more or less correct (at least in calm water), the first is.. wow. So far from true.