Today I want to talk about how great diving can be for kids and talk a little bit about the

specifications of diving as a kid.

So if you're a parent or someone who wants to know what diving is like for a child

stick around

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So first of all being in the water and scuba diving from your young age has told me how to

Be comfortable in the water very quick.

You might know that children learn quicker than adults because they don't fear anything

So they don't have any apprehension

So they learn very quick how to be comfortable in the water and how to just have fun and learn new things

So for example, I learned diving position and the right way to breathe underwater very quick.

I do always remember being able to do and one hour dive

with

100 bars left on my tank. So that was pretty good.

Also, I know that a lot of diver of fear

removing the reg or the mask, but since I learned from a

Playful point of view I absolutely don't fear that

This was a very great family activity to do

my sister trained at the same time as me and my dad

trained for open water

One year after I had mine, so we just booked diving vacation altogether

My mom was not a great a big fan

She told me that because we were learning so fast, she didn't want to slow us down

I wonder if today she would like to train with me maybe hi mom

But basically we went to Caribbean we went to Brittany

Which is a part of France

we went to malta together as a diving

destination and it was pretty great to share that passion with my family

it also

taught me a lot of things about

biology and environmental issues

Today, this is a big

challenge and think that scuba-diving

Give you another point of view on how this is important

as a child you... the fact that you know that and that

You know the impact that we can have on the marine biodiversity is really great.

A an adult today

I try to choose eco friendly solutions, be a little bit zero waste.

And that I think has been

Enforced by the fact that I am a scuba diver and that I have been sensibilized to that from a very young age

I also am a chemist. So I have been more passionate about chemistry and physics

Also due to the diving part... the more scientific part of the diving such as Henry's law and the gas laws

Seeing the direct application of math and physics are something they like from day to day.

The main drawback

that

We can tell today and the main

consideration that you have to take is that we don't really know what the effect of

Pressure and diving would be on any growing organism such as child.

So you might want to

Have a bit more checkups with your GP or your doctor about that.

In any case you should have a medical consultation

once a year with your doctor about scuba diving

I don't know what the laws are on your country

but in France

You do need a medical certificate to be able to go diving and that is a thing that I think

Should be enforced in child may be a bit more.

I've never had any issue growing up

So I'm very lucky on that part and don't think pressure did anything on my body.

But we don't really know what can happen.

If you're a teacher or an instructor

Teaching to a child is not the time thing that teaching to an adult.

I would recommend you to go on a playful way

I mean even adults a playful way is great

but a child would be

More comfortable in the water if you have things to play with.

You can see on my last video, I still have that playful mind

When I go in the water, and I think is pretty great from my instructor to have taught me

the playful way of dive from the very beginning.

And another consideration is the gear

Equipment for a child is not the same thing as an adult.

I am still a

Small size human. I still use child equipment for my gloves BCD mask hood

So make sure that the dive center you are going to will have the proper equipment

I remember one time my sister forgot her suit and had to dive with mine and it was too big for her and she was frozen

The well-being of a child really depend on the proper equipment.

Even if it can be a little bit expensive

To buy gear for child is going to grow up

Renting is a good option

I always say that you need to rent your equipment before buying one because you need to try different things

Same goes for a child.

I bought my first suit when I was

16 I guess I still have it

then when I stopped completely growing up.

I started buying more equipment

So these are all my reason and recommendation for you to start diving as a child

If you are considering diving with your child, I highly highly recommend it

I have a lot of memories with my dad diving

and sibling make the best dive buddies because

You grew up with them and you know all the signals you can invent your own signals

So if you have any other question, leave them down below.

I'll be very happy to answer them.

Feel free to share the video with

Diver parents who is willing to share his passion with their child

or if you are a child show that to your parents

So that they take you diving with you, and I hope to see you next time. Bye

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