Sports: Infant, Target

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Holding Back Kindergartener for Sports

My little boy will be 5 in august and then supposed to be starting kindergarten. We went through the whole debate of whether we should hold him back because of his age and being a boy with a summer birthday and the pre-school teacher said not to. That every child is different and not to base the decision on age alone. He is smart for his age (not bragging but pre-k teacher says he may be young, but he's the smartest in his class) and the biggest in his class as well. She says he is accademically ready to go and mature enough socially and...

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Learning to Swim

My 4 year old son is just learning to swim. Any ideas and/or suggestions on keeping him safe while allowing some independence (he likes to do everything "himself"). Also, any ideas on fun swim toys for my new swimmer?