A video showing a young child being trained using the aquatic survival method has sparked intense debate on social media.
In the footage, the child is seen crying and displaying signs of distress as an instructor submerges them and teaches them to float.
The technique, designed to help children react if they fall into the water, has divided opinions. While some defend it as a crucial life-saving skill, others argue that it is a traumatic experience for the child.
See reactions and the video below;
asiaopozda : She is sick!!!!! Omg how poor little baby 😭😭.
platinummikeperry: I could not put my babies through that. I’ll just wait until they’re old enough to understand how to learn to swim.
twelvemoveslater: This is SICK and someone needs to take that child from here.
yasminhani : Teaching while him crying? Well done. He is trying to regulate his feelings n u r trying to instil something else? Well done. 😡 I understand the training. But while crying n how old is he? Gosh
cantgolike5ive: It’s not wrong he learning survival skills 💯 yall just didn’t have parents to do this to yall that’s why most of yall can’t swim 😭‼️.
agentsinger : For anyone disagreeing with this method. You have never owned a pool, and been a nervous wreck watching your kids at all times. Children literally gravitate to a pool, and she is supervising, so she is a great mother! Kudos to her! I spent hours trying my kids, but I wasn’t as proactive as her, and I was on vacation, when my 2 year old daughter jumped in a pool. It was the most scariest o have ever been. You absolutely will never be able to watch children 💯 of the time. This is ensuring the safety of this child! Great mother!
la.face.monroe : This made my stomach hurt. He’s already crying and trying to breathe and now swallowing water that he more than likely will aspirate on!