BLACK KIDS HAVE TO SWIM
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ต.ค. 2021
- The history behind the Black community's relationship with swimming and water is a painful one. We were transported against our will across seas, drowned, and kept out of water throughout our years in America. Why can't Black people swim? It's not a question of whether or not we can, it's a question of whether or not we will. Whether or not we will face our fears and the trauma that lurks beneath the surface. I have made it a priority with my children to teach them water and swim safety, because knowing that Black children are 3 to 5 times more likely to drown than their white counterparts does not sit right with me. As their father, I want to prepare them for everything the world has in store-and as a Black man, I want them to know that they will not do things despite their Blackness, but because of it.#BELEAFINFATHERHOOD
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Let’s make more black families like this . Married healthy relationships , raising beautiful black children where they have both parents . I want to see more of this .
Let's just make more familys like this in general. I'm not 100% white but im 50% and my parents where shit and hated me. I think now days no matter the race, familys will be terrible.
@@Twigs929 can happen to any race (cause main cause is poverty), but black abscent fathers are unfortunately overrepresented in America and hence it is very beautiful to see a present father who loves his children. Cause this changes generstions
@@Sunny-yl4rm True, I really do hope it changes though and fathers actually stay.
@@onholyservicebound1415 yess it is all very sad. Marriage has no meaning anymore. Poverty is just one reason for its decline
@Magare Govedo They're saying more black family's because many African Americans are in poor areas ( due to racism) and cant afford to have kids and usually divorce because of that. While there are still white/Asian/Indian family's who are broken, many are African American
Yes, please teach our chocolate babies how to swim EARLY. It teaches them not only to swim but it increases their confidence and awareness around water.
All kids need to swim esp when they live near water. I am Canadian and my ex and I went to Tennessee and my girl and I went to the pool. It was very crowded, suddenly I noticed all the people were getting out of the pool all at once. Soon there was me my girl and this father with his daughter,
He says to me why r you not getting out of the pool. Stupid me said why did you pee in the water, it was a joke but he didn’t take it as that, so I went to the life guard and asked do we have to get out of the pool he said no. .
I went back to that father and said no we don’t have to get out of the pool . He says you don’t get it do you? Then I got mad and said how about you just spit it out. You r playing games with me but you r correct I have no idea wtf is going on here. So he told me he was a black man and white people don’t want to be in the pool with black folks. Omg I was so embarrassed my face was red. So I said well sorry sir you r stuck with me in here and I am stuck with you so let’s enjoy this pool together then my daughter embarrassed me. She says to me mama look at this little girl she is so dirty, and my girl started to wash her arms. Before I could say anything the father said to me let me talk to her. Go for it buddy, so he showed her that the color wouldn’t wash off and he washed her arm and said see your color won’t wash off neither . So we r not dirty god made us this way. Then my girl said oh ok can I play with her mom, I said yes and then I said wait a min . Sir can our girls play with each other? He said yes. So the girls had a great time, later his wife and my husband
came down to the pool and we all got to know each other and then they came to our camp spot and we had a great time….
We were living in a very small community in northern Manitoba and we didn’t have any other races there but white so this was the first time my girl saw someone different. Anyways we had. Good time.
@@sharonbrown6595 Quite a story. Thanks for sharing.
@@sharonbrown6595 yall dont need to all lives everything black ppl say
@@NanaNaima1 i wonder if you read the entire story. She actually did the opposite. Only the first sentence sounded that way.
@@sharonbrown6595 So you want a medal because some one else displayed common sense, or because a Black man taught you what you should have taught your ignorant daughter? I teach kids how to swim and non of them come up with that stupid statement of some one else being "dirty". Wonder how she got that silly notion, never mind the fact that Black people are actually the cleanest. Anyone who disagrees can argue with their mothers. No one has time for ignorant bigots to lionize Black people for what they should already know in 2021.
This touched me. As a 28 year old black woman I recently learnt how to swim. I started in April and would go everyday and practice laps. I'm so glad I did because 6 months later I'm a very proficient swimmer and love being in the water. Being in the water is so peaceful.
Awesome! Congratulations! 👙💦
this is crazy to me, I thought the stereotype of "black people can't swim" was entirely false! I'm so glad the black community is getting more accustomed to these activities!
that's incredible! good for you for getting out of your comfort zone. learning to swim as an adult is a lot harder than learning as a child. well done.
i am so happy for you omg! i am a 28 year old white woman, born and raised in germany and for us it's normal to learn how to swim from a very young age, i always took that for granted until i heard that many muslim kids, especially the girls, don't learn that growing up, i was shockedbc it's sth so damn important and natural to me. i cannot imagine how deep watermust scare you when you can't swim and i know anything you learn as a child is 200x harder to learn as an adult so i respect you soooo much for doing this as a grown up, amazing!! and yes, being in the water is awesome and peaceful af. ❤
Love love love. 💜
This guy is such a great father bro. Those kids don’t understand how luck they are to have a dad like this. I want to be just like this man when I have kids.
I agree
Me too I want to be like him
the most blessed children don’t know how blessed they are, like fish who don’t know the water they swim in
Man... this is swimming lessons turned into personal documentary high art. Bravo to these kids for literally and figuratively taking the plunge.
Beautiful
Children are better at learning than us lazy grown up
Jesus Christ almighty loves you no matter what
@@delilahhanyon6637 Jesus Christ almighty loves you no matter what
@@kaodi6993 Jesus Christ almighty loves you no matter what
This narration is beyond description, Glenn. You are not just a musical man but a magnificent writer. This is your best video as well. Everything just exquisite.
I was gonna say the same,I love to hear different p.o.v.s on things bc there is a lot of things we aren't taught and my family didn't come here til the late 60s early 70s so I really am ignorant on a lot of things.
i agree!
Don't forget he's an amazing Dad !
@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 George, I've told him and Yvette how happy I am that these children have such outstanding parents. I love seeing beautiful families and they are one for sure.
Word!!!!
As a black woman who grew up swimming and did so competitively, this is SO important. I was a lifeguard throughout my teen years at city pools and you don't even understand how many black kids' lives I had to save every summer because they just could not swim.
*I never knew there was a stereotype on "Black people cannot swim". But I do know about segregation and how it plagued humanity for many years, and painfully, it still happens today.*
*I am happy I discovered this channel. It isn't like any other family channel I seen. It's educational, moral, safe, beautiful. It makes me want to learn more about people around me, and if I were ever to be a father, this channel would be my favorite teacher.*
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Perfect example why ignorance is bliss. The less you know the better off things seems. But all this is real is or has happened. And people like these that strive to educate that close that gap and bring positive light to the ignorance.
Not saying you’re wrong for not knowing it was a stereotype, but many people are in that situation and don’t seek out things like this to learn and become informed.
Thank you for spending the time to learn🙏🏾
Eye opening heartwarming video. I absolutely loved it. What a great father. What a wonderful family.
Right🥺🙏🏽❤️
Yes, I never watched YT until I needed or thought I needed a new garage door opener. A friend came over and turned on a YT video for my type of openèr. It showed how to open compartment and put the battery in. That settled my garage problem. A few days later while looking for a Serena replay, I came across an old newspaper article involving young black passengers on a train. I think this was in the 20s or 30s. That's when I learned this channel had a lot of valid black history that had not been doctored or covered up. I thought the truth must be coming out, finally. At work sometimes I would talk to my coworkers on how we are treated. Now they actually believe it. As a boomer I may not be around. However, I hope and believe the future will be brighter for the generations to come.
Anaya trying to talk her whole way outta this... But what if a SHARK bits me! 😂😂
Lol. She’s always trying to rationalize and justify why she doesn’t want to do something
@@prestonmatthews725 lol yes she’s soo smart
It really got me 😢 when she was already aware of how dangerous the police can be to a black individual, as she intuitively imagines them treating her like a criminal if she were to have a badly injured face.🥺
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@@redlipstickmafia I notice that too. So sad that she already knows that. I was glad that daddy told her, no that isn’t how it works.
it just clicked for me that these videos really are a completely different genre than "family vlogging." these are beautiful short films-- keep up the amazing work!
Yup! They send a great message without exploiting their kids 👏👏👏
Yes!
100% agree!
This made me face my own traumatic aquatics. We had swimming lessons in school. The teacher never even bothered with me. You make me realize I don’t have to victimize my experience but I can take control of my own narrative. Thank you.
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This might sound weird but thank you for being a good father. There is a lot of people out there that do not deserve kids. You are doing amazing
My heart is full. My nephews drowned when they were 8 and 10 years old. The pain is still raw. They also have a foundation -The Bryce and Cameron Jeff Foundation, which funds swim lessons as well. My children, who were a little older than their cousins, can swim, but now the water isn't a source of freedom. They are now 22 and 23 and they were 11 and 12 when this tragedy happened. Please teach your kids to swim. Say a few prayers for my family because the hurt never leaves. On a happier note- I am so proud of the Chocolate Babies.
So sorry this tragic moment happened. My heart goes out to you and your family. Praying for daily strength to face the day and encourage others.
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Prayers for your family 🙏🏿❤🙌🏿
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@@ifeoluwaosuntokun4188 thank you
can we appreciate Uzi just vibin while everyone else is freaking out lol
Yes!! He’s a water sign, maybe he’s right at home lol
I loved the chocolate baby Uzi just chilling in the float whilst everyone else was stressing a lil bit! 🏊🏽♂️🤿🦢
Uzi is the reel big man, he's sooo KOOL.
@donttalktomex You actually let yourself be triggered by something as inconsequential as signs of the zodiac? Interesting
Uncle Baby isn't afraid of anything!
If you daughter gets in to swimming coconut oil is a godsend? My daughter is a competitive swimmer. During season she’s in chlorinated water 5-7 days a week. I was so worried about her hair. I could tell her she can’t do something she passionate about because I’m worried about her hair. I learned to wet her hair first then apply a lot of coconut oil, the pin it in a bun before her swim cap. After she’s out of the pool I just washed her hair out with a gentle shampoo. He curls were moisturizers and no breakage!
I was like her, in the swim team and eventually, a life guard and I loved it! Everybody else was more worried about my hair than i was. I just wanted the water! I wish I'd have known more about how to protect my hair back then though. I could've saved myself a lot of hair grief on my 4c hair!
I love your channel. As an adopted mom of a beautiful black son I learn a lot from your channel. From basic parenting to slow learning more about black culture and history to help be a better more rounded mom to Thomas and help him understand and embrace his ancestry( hope that makes sense ) love your commentary and family. Thanks for sharing with all of us
I'm 40. You're never too old! I grew up in a home where my mom did not allow us to get "our hair wet", so I never learned, but I am scheduling my swim lessons now. This is just beautiful!!! I am so connected to water, but yet have a fear of it. I will conquer that fear this year! Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
41 and making me rethink getting lessons which I hadn’t said no but really hadn’t thought about in years.
You got this Sis.
I'm 34 in the same boat, I'm scared to learn but I really want to
I was a Physical Education major for many reasons but the most important was to teach kids at a young age that you are both your mind and your body and that people live best when they learn to care for both the mind and the body. Glenn has such a fantastic eye for the edit and exactly the right tone to encourage not just his own family but he saw the potential to reach out to many families. I am in awe of those people inspired to learn that water is a place for everyone to recreate and just enjoy nature, exercise your mind and body, and find a sense of self confidence in learning to be in a new environment. I applaud your sense of enthusiasm to learn a valuable skill but also how to find joy in your own body. This is an incredible post. So cool you shared this and I bet you are also encouraging others to expand their world.
I LOVE knowing that WE are taking the time to learn these things. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🧡
This a BEAUTIFUL depiction along with a much needed back-story of why, historically, many Black people don't swim. A story beautifully told, like all the other content from Beleaf. ALWAYS something worth watching.
@@maame6768 REALLY? " African Natives don't swim"?!
WHAT ALL OF THEM!
That's such a dumb statement to make! Kmt 🙄
@UCd6Qo5DTft4mPT7_jbodRxQ they do. you sound stupid
Point of clarification, Black people from America, not all Black people. This unfortunately is an American experience of their Black people not knowing how to swim.
@@ShamirYukno many of our grandparents and parents weren’t allowed to swim in the same pools as white folks. I’m sure there weren’t many places for us to swim. Even less for us to learn. So our elders didn’t learn and they couldn’t teach us or see the necessity. My mother took me to Disney when I was 3. I fell in the pool and almost drowned. She couldn’t swim and was scared to death of water so she kept me away ever since. I always loved water and had no fear. I finally took swimming lessons at 40 years old. There needs to be no point of clarification when a black American is speaking on their history. We don’t owe anyone anything when it comes to our experience. Also even though the experience is different I know several blacks from Africa and the Caribbean that don’t know how to swim. I’m actually shocked at how many island people don’t know how to swim.
While I understand the generational trauma and systemic reasons why many Black Americans cannot swim, it’s harmful when framed under the context of “black people.” The diaspora includes a wide range of people stretched out from the Caribbean, Central and South America and the African continent. I was born in the Caribbean and know how to swim, as does my entire family. Millions of us live within close proximity to oceans and we swim.
This is BEA-UU-TI-FULLL!!! I have to admit, i always end up crying (I'm a STRONG HETEROSEXUAL BLACK MAN) Bc how you interact, the dialogue you give yo the viewers, and how you're kids love and MOST OF ALL TRUST your every word! I wish i could do life over again but with you as a dad! I wouldn't be so messed up today
Love this comment. Just give this beautiful, organic, and loving family to some other kid down the road and then you'll see and feel what a great father is through his/her eyes 🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤎
We all have a chance to turn things around. Even through the hardest trials we can reach a place of greater self learning and new, beautiful realities. You discovering this channel, being inspired by Glenn and his amazing family is one such example of that. None of us are "messed up"...we're just not aware we have "wings". Peace.
Crying is a strength too. I’m rooting for your wins in this lifetime 🧿✨
I feel your comment to my soul. I'm an old white lady and respect what my dad went through in the depression and WW2, without any acknowledgement after by the government or society of the horrors they had been through (they were told it's over, forget about it, forget that your bf in front of you stepped on a land mine and you found his boots smoking with his feet still inside and a thousand other atrocities) I didn't realize just how bad it was until a few months after he passed and the movie Saving Private Ryan came out. Still and all I wish I could have had a dad I wasn't afraid of, a dad who spent time with me, who I could go to for comfort and safety and guidance. A dad who was kind to my mom and siblings. It does my heart good to see these little ones enjoying time with dad and vice-versa and I'm sure you will be that kind of dad too because it's in your heart already 😑💞🙏🏼✝️
Brotha seriously this is so well executed. I had goosebumps watching your babies bask in the pool it reminded me of my childhood. What you brought to the forefront too is shedding light on yet another underlying Black American experience where even my own mother-in-law who was born in Mississippi in 1953 never learned to swim. So when her grandson was born she was 48 and decided to take swim lessons with him...and then the curse was broken... and I would happily watched the 2 of them in the backyard swimming together with the instructor and I can't tell you how much I have valued her bravery and willingness to overcome her fear of swimming💞🙌🏿to prepare her grandbaby for the water.
Whew tears!!! Curses broken many can't even begin to understand the black American experience! We are melanated beautiful and strong!💪🏾👌🏾
Thank you for educating me. As a pediatric nurse I’ve long known the disparity in drowning statistics for black children. Sadly, as a white woman I never considered the part that the black community’s lived history played in those statistics, I had attributed the disparity primarily to economics. I want to be part of facilitating black children being comfortable doing and being anything they want to, anywhere they want to, in their beautiful black skin. Thank you for helping me understand.
Much love to you!
This episode should be entered into a short film festival. I would definitely vote a thousand times for y'all. This was beautiful 💜
Such an amazing video! I’m Mexican and I knew that in the past, the black community wasn’t allowed to swim, however, I wasn’t aware that this continues to affect your community. Thank you for teaching us more about your culture.
I'm white and I absolutely love watching your videos. Your children are beautiful and precious. It's a dam shame that it was like that at one time. I'm so sorry for those awful people who made it that way. I'm so glad that we all can come together now to swim together regardless of our skin color. God bless your beautiful family and thank you for sharing your beautiful videos with us 😊 💖
I'm so Glad you are teaching them to Swim. Swimming is fundamental to having well rounded kids. We loose too many Children to drowning... Well Done Mom and Dad!
Hey i can't swim but I'm extremely well rounded
APTTMH!
I’m 16 and have been watching this channel for a while. I can’t help but to get emotional every time I do. The connection and love that y’all have us something I’ve only dreamed of experiencing. I wish more people were as educated, patient, and deep as you are. It’s really so beautiful.
Kayla Marri, I am glad you are watching this channel. Just think of incorporating the good things into your life. Your family did the best they could with the resources they had. Their net may not be ideal but a family like this can help us grow and over come.
I find myself attracted to family channels, as well, because I didn't have a good one growing up. It is important to focus on the positive characteristics that were deposited in you and not on the things you missed out on. Most importantly, think about how lucky your kids are going to be with you as a parent. At 16, you already know and care about what good parenting looks like. You'll be awesome!
I get emotional also. Sometimes I'm laughing so hard and it makes me so happy to see the love this family has. And other times I get teary eyed like I did with this video.
Your deep words prove that you are manifesting the life of peace, love, and happiness you and your family desires to live. Never stop educating yourself. You are winning☮️💟💰
Yes I found myself almost jealous. This is such a beautiful family.
This literally left me in tears! There’s freedom in the gems that you’ve shared in this video! My God 😭😭😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾✝️❤️
Uhh u don’t have to act emotional though
@@Oofieeditz You don't have to tell her how to act, you sociopath.
As a swim teacher, it’s amazing to see parents who not only care about their own kids learning to swim but everyone who deserves to learn. It’s a life skill everyone needs for safety and enjoyment alike. Thank you for educating me and thousands of others on the history of black people specifically surrounding water. This video has truly impacted me and I will be taking your strong words forward in what I do both at my place of work and in life in general. i love the energy and love your channel radiates, it’s truly beautiful
My mother was a swimmer and the only black girl on a community swim and life guard team. She literally threw us in to learn and we loved it.
Yep old old school teaching💪🥰
This video brought tears to my eyes, you’re giving your kids the childhood so many of us as children needed. To know our blackness has no bounds. Your intentionality is so inspiring and eye opening! Thank you for your content, never disappoints!❤️
Every time the bell rang, I cried
I just want to let you know that, I am a 29 year old white female whom is a Mom of one. And I watch every single video of yours. no matter what, i connect with your videos on a deep level. The lessons, having kids is a do over, family struggles, and being an overall present parent. I can't thank you enough for doing what you do. ❤️
2:10 and so forth made me cry. Thank you for being a beautiful black husband, father, and MAN. We appreciate you ❤️
I was never so aware of my otherness as a Black kid as when I was going to swim lessons. I was always the only Black kid in the class until my cousins joined me and we were an anomaly for years. Later on I went to work at the Y as a camp counselor and the number of Black kids that don't know any water safety was scarily and depressingly high. The year I started I had a White co-worker who didn't know how to swim and after getting dunking on by her 8 year old campers she applied herself to learning how to swim. Most of my Black co-workers didn't know how to swim and weren't concerned about learning how to. I don't think they understood how modelling indifference to learning swim skills affected the kids in their care but it's something that I've seen in a lot of Black folks. Pushing kids into the pool isn't teaching them life saving skills, it's ingraining trauma and makes it harder to learn swim skills later on. Accepting that the water is a place for us really is the work of generations and it's great to see whole families doing it together.
Always remember this: If you can shout "I'm drowning!" you're not drowning yet and there is time to use your water safety skills. I've gotten almost killed by kids in 3ft of water who got water in their mouth and started thrashing like a shark. 🤦🏿♀
Very informative!
Thanks for sharing. I honestly never gave much thought to black people swimming or not swimming until my black, woman, phd history professor explained why blacks have water hesitancy. This video is so powerful and thank you for sharing your experience. Water safety is for everyone!!!
My mother was afraid of the water but made sure we took swim lessons to learn. I also have a cousin who is/was a lifeguard. Seeing this made me cry happy tears😍🥰
Dad, you spoke this truth eloquently!! Love this family and praying that God keeps you covered under the blood of Jesus Christ!!! Congratulations to the babies as they ring that bell of and with confidence!!🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽! Continue to walk in your ministry family!!!
as a black woman who is a swim teacher, this is an amazing video you've made. being in the water is my calm space & working with children makes the experience even better. the way their trust grows with each class & how my students from ages 6 months & up actively learn the skills is just something that you can't explain. but watching your babies grow comfortable with the water is always an amazing experience & i can't tell you how refreshing it is to see the other side of my job. i always want to be a part of this process for black people & any POC because they can at the least see themselves in a shred of who i am on the outside. plus i love their smiles, giggles, hugs, pictures they draw for me, & everything in between all of the beauty. please keep pushing them to live the life they deserve regardless of what has been taken from the black community.
What a wonderful gift and lesson Glen and Yvette have given their children. Trying something new, learning a life skill, facing your fears and spending time as a family. I hope more individuals and families have the opportunity to do the same.
Love that you incorporated the racial history of the black community in water 💛 we love and support all of this informed goodness!
The black community suffering because of liberalism
@@darktruth4540 okay, thanks for sharing your opinion
@@Abalancedopinion no it’s the overall truth I said this yesterday in this world there are beliefs , opinions and the overall truth
@@darktruth4540 According to you…
@@darktruth4540 I stand with you
This brought me to TEARS! Tears of joy, of course. Tears of pure happiness bc wow. We really need to break the curses, what a great example of how!!!! Also crying bc ive been here since Theo & Riah were babies! I felt like I was seeing my siblings graduate!
My Dad is in his 60s about to buy a boat and still doesn’t know how to swim. He and my mom made sure I learned how though and I’ll make sure to do so for my sons. 🙏🏾❤️
My brother you love your parents..make sure they learn how 2 swim...age means nothing..dp I swim?? Yes 3 times a week and I am in my 70s..they can do it ...praise God from whom all blessings flow ...peace
@@kenneth7826 thank you for the good energy and love sir! 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️
@@marcelprimes my pleasure brother Marcel...don't forget June 18 is a big day..HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!
@@kenneth7826 thank you and Happy Fathers Day to you too!
Please document Yvette's journey to learning how to swim. I also cannot swim
Yes! This is so important! I’m 25 and well… let’s just say that I need to work on my “water comfort” 😬
Me too fam!
It’s never to late to learn. You will be so proud of the accomplishment. It’s not only fun but it is considered the best exercise. Wishing you all the best. It’s a skill you will always enjoy having!
This one got me… I have no idea how my TH-cam algorithm lead me to this channel, but am nonetheless grateful. Wishing your family healing from generational trauma, endless blessings, and infinite love!
I got teary eyed when they rang the bell. Another level of freedom activated!
This glimpse of Black children thriving in the water is your masterpiece papa! Well done, these children are more than worthy to take up space wherever they see fit. Thank you for creating this and sharing your heart ❤️
My Great grandfather was a fisherman and it was always a shocker to everyone and even to myself when I learned that he drowned at sea.Our family has an underlying fear for the sea that we have never over come .But l have always noticed that our people,(African decent) seem to have a phobia for the water and I always believed it was a spiritual thing.Possibly a reincarnation thing.Possibly more ancestral memory of the sea.First time I heard someone touch base with the same idea l always secretly believed in.And to see what the stats show ,makes it even more interesting.Wakanda needs to make peace with ourselves and our tragic history of the seas.lts important you'all.👍🏿
My son hated swim lessons, and the water over his head. Took him from kindergarten YMCA camp until 5th grade summer camp to finally graduate from red (beginners) to purple (intermediate) swimmer.
Congratulations Son
I’m proud of you as a parent for continuing until he got better
Men I really enjoy your channel. Seeing a black family just being themselves is everything! ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
I am going to show my husband this video. This was so beautifully narrated. 👏👏👏
STORY TIME:
I was never taught how to swim, but I know how to swim extremely well. My mom said she believed it's because she took water aerobics with me while she was pregnant. Anywho, I think about the times as a child that I saved two of my cousins, on two different occasions, from drowning. I was 8 years old the first time and 11 the second time. Now that we are all in our late 20s and early 30s, this video made me think about how my family's life would have been losing young children at that time. How I would feel losing my cousins? It would have devastated all of us. Still to this day, no one in my family really knows how to swim properly. Because of this video I am going to revisit having swimming lessons for all of us, especially the new generation of children that are in our family.
Thank you so much for sharing this video! It is definitely and eye opener for our community.
My mother & father learned to swim both of them have near drowning experience they shared individual with me in Nigerian. Yet none of Us knows how to, in fact, I extremely terrified with no reason except to say epicgenetic memory that I do believe. Am 51 it is time to learn.
@@ibarao8340 you're never to young to learn. It's time!
@@juanitabing2739 Grace and Blessings to you. I agree
Oh wauw to God be the Glory for your instincts in those 2 incidents for having saved your cousins from drawning!!
I almost my sibling one day because I thought she was joking around when she screamed for help. I mean we all were taught how to swim so I was confused... Thank God Almighty one of the other kids was more vigilant than myself and stripped himself of his clothes and saved my sister...
These stats are shocking to me. Thank you for sharing resources. Swimming is a life saving skill that all people should have access to.
My mom put me in lessons when I was 7 at the boys and girls club or something like that. She still can’t swim but I’m grateful she made sure I learned. This was such a beautiful video btw. ☺️
This video was so poetic! Wasn’t expecting what it gave at all. 🥺🖤
I love how quickly their faces changed from fear to elation about being in the water. You have the most beautiful family.
Amen! Preach!!! If every father was submitted to The Father the way you seek to be, this whole world would be different. Praising God for you! Taking back for your children what the enemy stole. 💕
So true. Keep being one of the best dad's and mom's around. You are speaking the truth. Keep having a blessed day.😊
This is perfect. Just signed our 4 month old up for swim classes
So you just want to have me crying on a regular Wednesday…about swimming?!?!🥲🥲🤍🤍Love the message and the way you continue to show black excellence
The fact that you're showing the Fatherless how to be a Faithful Earthly Father. Is fantastic keep being a great Black Father. Y'all better slap a like on this video!!!❤✊🏾 xoxo
Well said man 🥰👏🏽👏🏽
I could cry... This was so beautifully crafted. It's hard to explain but I literally FELT everything in this video, from the message to the warmth of the pool water to the music and visuals and how it made me feel like I was THERE experiencing these precious moments with your babies😊 Thank you so much for sharing and showing us not only wholesome authentic content but also being an awesome example of Black love looks like
literally wearing a necklace right now that has my dad's sterling silver charm for winning the 50 yd free swim for juniors, 1944. segregation kept many of us from swimming at public pools (in park districts paid with black folks tax dollars mind you). and for those who did allow that one day a week for "colored only swimming", many segregationists would empty out the pool water and refill it as if it was tainted. so, this video means a lot to me. each summer I get heart-crushed when hearing of some young person (or adult trying to save their child) drowning in Lake Michigan. your work is so valuable and important. was also going to mention before you did -apprehension about wet hair had kept (and evidently still keeps) many black women from learning. that's why learning early as children - when hair styles don't really matter - is important. thank you.
I screamed “HE REALLY MADE THESE BABIES GO TO SWIM PRACTICE” 😂😂😂
In the chat I said Uriel seemed to have the kind spirit too me. Uriel seems like an amazing child as well but I mixed their names up I meant to say Theo the eldest child has a kind spirit too me.
@@leannemottern2127 he ain’t waste noooo time 😂😂😂
@@ToniChauntel It’s even better to get them in the water at younger ages.:)
Best time to teach someone to swim is when they are very young.
@@CheersNE Best time to get someone in the water is when they are an infant. Gets them acclimated to the water so they do not fear it. They can learn to dunk their heads, kick their feet, float, doggy paddle. Some learn to doggy paddle underwater very early. The sooner the better.
When your children get grown they have such loving and successful moments to look back at. Love this family! 💛
I’m crying 😭😭😭 your family is beautiful and you are both wonderful parents. Bless you and our family ❤️❤️
This was so powerfully done.
All 3 of my beautiful black baby's, who are now confident adults have their lifeguard certificates.
Once again well done!
Thank you, thank you!
People like you and your family are changing the world. Please don't ever forget that.
My mother didn't learn to swim until she was in her late 50's. Go mama!! I'm so glad she didn't let her age discourage her from going for it.
This video has inspired me to learn how to swim. A life skill that we as a black community all need. So proud of the kids. These small wins are indeed priceless❤🙌. Glen-you really are a cool Dad😎. Shout out to you and Yvette for keeping it real
OMG! Thank you for giving me the knowledge and understanding 🙏🏻 My son is mixed and his father has never told me this when I asked why him and many others don't know how to swim
My friend, an outstanding citizen of El Paso, Texas and great athlete, drowned in a small lake near our town. It devastated our community. It was 40 years ago and I still feel it. So I’m so glad that you are doing this for your children. Step it up even more and have teachers or coaches help to learn to swim in the ocean and lakes for their own safety. And I must say, with a bathing suit and cap like that, I’d be swimming every day. Styling.
The message, music, and cinematography is heartwarmingly and breathtakingly beautiful. 🖤
You all are awesome. 🙏🏾
It even broke my heart when Anaya jokingly said the police might think she’s a bad guy at the start.
Henry Family, God Bless you‼️ How can the children know... unless their parents TEACH them? It soothes my soul to see an intact loving Black family. You are living The Dream
Good job mom and dad. Teaching our chocolate babies to swim is so important!!!Way to go
This video stopped my in my tracks. The mixture of history and real time documenting is outstanding. We are so lucky where I live here in Alaska… swim lessons are part of the elementary school curriculum because we live on an island. It’s a must for all of us. Your kids are absolutely darling.
That’s so cool I didn’t know you all have in your curriculum !!!!
Great school curriculum!
These babies are all darling in their little swim caps❤️ I love your videos.
This made my heart break, then it made my heart soar. It’s absolutely made me a wiser person, and I am grateful for that gift. Rooting so hard for your sweet family, y’all.
I love Anaya. At first she asked if she really have to, now she's coming up with a lot of scenarios because of her fear.
Man this little woman can make up a lot of excuses as to not swim. 😂
So true....🤣🤣🤣🤣
I cried, I smiled, I laughed ( listening to baby girls shark story was precious) I felt my heart pull to want to hug your babies, My heart cheered, high 5'ed and it broke looking at stats and listening to your narration. What a BEAUTIFUL and educational video. Thank you. Thank you so much.( My babies will be taking lessons too. )
I don’t know how I found this. Thank you TH-cam algorithm. But I am now binge watching. Your family is beautiful. Your work is high quality. That little man has stolen my heart.
Former lifeguard/swim instructor at an underfunded city pool here. I always wondered why my pool was full of black kids and teens who could barely swim, but my classes had mostly white kids, thank you for explaining and for taking steps to protect and celebrate your children.
I’m so happy you addressed black people and water. I was just talking about our Ancestral trauma a month ago. I want to learn how to swim as a child I had a very traumatic experience and I just recently started getting in the pool on my own.
This video made me so emotional. Especially the narration in the beginning.I’m in my 30s and my daughter is 12 and we both can’t swim. After watching this I’ve never had this much courage to learn. Thank you family 🥰
Yall can do it!!!! I'm rooting for you Sis 💕
I hope you have conquered your fear by now! Keep up even if you didn’t start you still have time !!! Much love
Thank you for making sure your kids learn to swim. I didn't learn until I was in my 30s. I had a fear of the water and didn't even realize it. I taught myself not to fear it. My parents never learned to swim.
I admire the way you both are raising your family. In tears… this is the standard excellence for all! 🦋 Jem
This episode truly brought tears to my eyes. I never realized our relationship to water runs oceans deep. This was very healing for me. All though you are a father to four you are truly a father too so many of us! Thank you thank you and thank you millions over for being your own unique being ❤️
I really needed to hear that: “We’re not at the beach yet, can we just focus on being at the pool?”
I really appreciate this video. These are things that should be taught to us. The way you tell the history. I hope your children embrace who they are as you do and remember everything you've done for them. It's so sad the statistics are like this due to racism starting to make people not be able to even learn how to swim. Thanks for this. I appreciate it.
This is making me so emotional!!! My dad and mom took me swimming at that age and over the years I somehow "lost it" and didn't think I knew how to swim. Fast forward 7 years ago I faced my fears and learned again and swam like a fish. Water is my spirit animal. I love the ocean!EVERYONE AND I mean everyone should have the joy I and these kids will experience at the beach and in the ocean. But like dad said lets start at the pool..this channel is so positive 😊
I’m happy to see black families teaching their children to swim..Also,depending on what time of year you go to Hawaii (Waikiki )the waves are massive..My husband and I went in Oct 2019 the water was very calm and peaceful, it so beautiful there.
If you told me this was an award winning short film i would pretend to already know that. This is powerful.
(The fear of water) "is the kind that continues on until it is manually and intentionally dismantled." I appreciate this video and its sentiments. The black community should definitely dismantle this fear! #humanrace
They did it!!!! And Mom and Dad got through it!!! FANTASTIC!!! Watching your family is such a heart filled joy. Thank you so very much for sharing your journey with us. God bless and keep all of you safe and strong. 🙏❤😃
Hello Beleaf
I'm a Canadian Black woman so our Black Community's are small. I have no idea of what the statics are here. I put my children in Swimming through the W.M.C.A also it's a mandatory class taught when you're in grade 5 in Canada, It could be different now. Myself I don't know how to swim and I'm scared of deep water. I'll be taking lessons this fall. Thank you for your informative and historical knowledge of Black people and our relationship with the water.
This was beautiful. I felt like I watched it with my heart. I teared up. Water is life, it should feel freeing and healing to be able to relax and just exist in it.
Thank you for mentioning the organizations that help people learn to swim for free. There are way too many ridiculous obstacles to attain this very important skill. You're helping a lot of people with this video.
as a black women I didn't even look at it like this. I was taught to swim when I was young and thought ppl that didn't know how to swim simply did have a pool growing up.
It’s truly sad but almost every aspect of black life in America is a result of slavery and the Jim Crow Era. Most aren’t able to recognize it but it is truly ingrained in just who we are as a people. This channel is powerful on so many levels 💕.
@dusty b you must not have watched the same video nor read my comment. As a white person I would not be able to tell you the countless ways black American life was affected by slavery as well that’s not my job. You don’t sound as if you’re even in a space to receive that and that’s fine because NO ONE ask you to but if there ever comes a day that you genuinely want to know please reach out to a black friend if you happen to have one and I’m sure they could unleash the many ways we’ve been affected.
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Glenn, this is so well done! You are so right. This is only one residual wound of American slavery. I discuss many others in my book I sent you. Bodies of water and closed spaces are a huge challenge as a result of the middle passage--that stuff still lives in our DNA. Kudos to you and Yvette for tackling this issue head on!
Thank you Beleaf in Fatherhood for this segment.
At 3 years old, I made sure my angel learned how to swim.
Fast forward, one day we go to the beach, my sugar is now 5 years old. She asked, "Mommy can I get in the ocean I know how to swim GOOD?!"
Yes, but stay near the waters edge because Mommy can't swim! Not even 5 minutes goes by, and guess who is out in the deep of the ocean?
I screamed ..... "Bebe ... come back to shore!"
I believe I said it about 5 times! NOW, she's on shore, and as I'm drying her off she says .... "See Mommy, I am your shark!" ..... "I can swim like a fish and fast, right Mommy?" Lol, I nearly fainted!
Again, Thanks again for heart warming, episodes! Keep doing what YOU ALLLL Do!
..... That little girl did not realize I nearly fainted.
But I smiled through my nervousness!
My mom doesn’t know how to swim, but my dad made sure my siblings learned how to swim at the age of 5. My kids also enjoy swimming. Thank for the history lesson and sharing information on organizations that are seeking to help the black community