Definitely a great idea as you never know when they will need these skills. We needed to do the same when we moved here as every other house has a pool so it is extremely important to learn swimming early. Here it is also a requirement in school (private at least).
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My mother was scared we would drown as she had a few people in her family drown so, she didn't teach us to swim and created a fear of the water in us... parenting 101