Viral TikTok Video Of 8-Month-Old Baby Thrown Into Swimming Pool Sparks Controversy
Krysta Meyer a 27-year-old mother of two who lives in Colorado Springs in the US started a TikTok account merely out of curiosity. The discussions on TikTok comment section were filled with outrage - the video seemingly made people uncomfortable. Meyer said that some people went to the extent of giving her death threats and called her a horrible mother.
Krysta Meyer, a 27-year-old mother of two, who lives in Colorado Springs in the US, started a TikTok account merely out of curiosity but it took a single video, for her to become a topic of debate on the Internet.
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It all started when Krysta Meyer posted a video of a swimming instructor throwing her eight-month-old baby in a pool.
"Oliver amazes me every week!" Meyer captioned the now-viral clip. "I can't believe he is barely 2 months in [to swimming lessons] and is catching on so fast. He is a little fish," she captioned the video.
@mom.of.2.boyss Oliver amazes me every week! I can¡¯t believe he is barely 2 months in and is catching on so fast. He is a little fish. ##baby ##swim
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But, the discussions on TikTok comment section were filled with outrage - the video seemingly made people uncomfortable.
Some of the comments on the TikTok include: ¡°Dropped him in there like a bath bomb¡± and ¡°WHAT THE HELL HOW DID IT NOT DROWN¡±.
In an interview to Buzzfeed News Meyer said that some people went to the extent of giving her death threats and called her a horrible mother. "A lot of people are seeing a kid being thrown into the water and thinking, That's not good! You shouldn't be doing that!" she said.
She said that the video was taken at ¡®infant survival class¡¯ held at Little Fins Swim School, Colorado where both her little kids are enrolled.
The class is all about safety, Little Fins co-owner Lauri Armstrong told BuzzFeed News: ¡°We teach eight-month-olds to assess their situation and find an exit strategy [in water]. I know it seems crazy.¡± The class hopes to not just teach infants to swim, but also get them comfortable in water and help them learn what to do if they fall in, and how to flip-over onto their backs and float.
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Armstrong's 18-year-old niece, Jill, was the instructor working with little Oliver in the viral TikTok and said the infant loves the lessons.
"This definitely isn't something that just happens on the first lesson, we never know how kiddo will fall into the water, so we want them to be ready however they fall in" she told Buzzfeed News.
Armstrong, the Little Fins owner, said her group's techniques are intentionally designed to disorientate the child and train them to deal with dire situations later in life. She added that parents interested in having their children learn the skills are told to cooperate for the training.
For Meyer, it's all about preparing her kids for the worst and the methods she chooses is truly nobody's business. The swimming school conducts classes in a controlled environment and at the end of the day she says, "I have my kids' best interests in mind."
