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How swimming in the ocean in Australia taught me to live with risks
We should balance risks with benefits and expose children to more adventurous play that lets them learn important life lessons.
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It didn’t take me long to realise that my swimming skills, honed in safe swimming pools in Singapore, were inadequate for swimming in the ocean in Western Australia.
PHOTO: DESTINATION NSW
When I moved to Australia to start a new life three years ago, I packed several swimming devices alongside my clothes and personal belongings. These included a life jacket I had bought at Decathlon, an Arena kickboard and several pairs of prescription goggles. Once in Perth, I bought a swim noodle.
I was excited about swimming in the ocean. Beaches in Perth
