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Children need to learn to swim for academic and social milestones, rather than just fitness, research suggests
Source: Phys.org · Published
With family budgets stretched ever tighter, swimming lessons can be one of the first expenses to be cut back—but with research showing swimming helps children not just physically but developmentally, researchers are calling for greater government support.
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