{
  "id": 17068340,
  "title": "Children need to learn to swim for academic and social milestones, rather than just fitness, research suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/children-need-to-learn-to-swim-for-academic-and-social-milestones",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:10:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-children-academic-social-milestones.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With family budgets stretched ever tighter, swimming lessons can be one of the first expenses to be cut back—but with research showing swimming helps children not just physically but developmentally, researchers are calling for greater government support.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}