ABC-TV's Good Morning America Features Our Aquatics Program!

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"We think the earlier, the better," Michael Meehan, Fitness Director of the 14th Street Y in Manhattan told ABC News' health & medical editor Dr. Richard Besser. Meehan said the intent of such programs was to expose children to the positive aspects of being in the water. While some parents believe that their toddlers will benefit from swimming lessons, they go even further. They have enrolled children as young as six months old in swimming lessons, teaching them to swim even before they can walk.

Melissa Clough [14th Street Y member] and her 9-month old son Henry are taking classes at the Y. She said the classes would help put her at ease. "I don't know if I'm comfortable enough to throw him into the water and just let him go, but I would want to know that if he fell into the water, that he would be able to figure out how to do it himself. We like this class because it's a little bit more gradual." Click here to view the rest of the story.