Actually, when you’re ready for your child to learn to swim, it’s time for them to ditch the life jacket. Life jackets take some of the hard work out of swimming-hard work that your kid needs to learn how to do if they want to swim on their own.
Floating in the water without assistance, for example, can only truly be learned without a life jacket. Still, even if your child can swim, it’s imperative to give them a life jacket when going into moving water.