The parents laugh, but they’re not really joking. In a suburb where the average home has a backyard pool or a community lake at the end of the street, every skill is a layer of armor.
– The air smells like chlorine and coconut sunscreen. On the pool deck of the First Colony Swim Club, a 15-month-old named Leo is screaming as if he’s being asked to surrender his favorite stuffed elephant. sugar+land+toddler+swim+lessons
"Put your ears in the water," the instructor chirps. The parents laugh, but they’re not really joking
"That’s it!" Moss yells. "You just saved your own life for a plastic toy!" The parents laugh