El Cajon mother outraged over child’s swim lessons

EL CAJON, Calif. — An El Cajon mother is outraged after she says a San Diego space swimming teacher was too tough together with her two-year-old son throughout swim lessons.

The video, recorded by the toddler’s nanny, reveals the swimming teacher drop the kid beneath water a number of occasions because the toddler cries out.

It’s a video that Mahshid Wadeea, the child’s mother, says haunts her.

The video reveals her two-year-old son Adam thrown into the water by his swimming teacher after throwing a match and hitting his trainer as he cries.

“I’m distraught. I’m still distraught. I’m still on a state of shock, because we trust him to teach our son how to swim and that’s the extent of it, not to drown him. My son is terrified to go into the water,” mentioned Wadeea.

Wadeea who’s 9 months pregnant and on mattress relaxation, says she lately signed her son up for swimming lessons for peace of thoughts because the household has a pool of their yard.

“We have friends that have used him in the past and for me, it was really important to get him in before this baby comes so that I can have that peace of mind. And we were really excited,” added Wadeea.

Wadeea says her nanny has been taking Adam to the lessons whereas she stays dwelling. 

“His first day was August 8. And Mr. John has this 10 day 10 minutes approximately philosophy and he’s supposed to teach them a life skill that you know, if they were to accidentally fall into the pool, they’ll be able to kind of paddle to the corner and grab the wall,” mentioned Wadeea.

Wadeea says she all the time requested her nanny to file the lessons to see the progress Adam made, however per week into the lessons (day 7), and she or he says was shocked when she watched the newest video.

“We sent him there to learn how to swim. We didn’t send him there to learn boot camp or military or discipline or what approach he was taking. It’s not right for our son. So we’re distraught I’m still shaken over it to be honest,” added Wadeea.

CBS 8 reached out to teacher John Ruffu, who’s seen within the video, he runs ‘Swim2John,’ swimming instruction lessons within the San Diego space. Ruffu has practically 20 years of expertise within the enterprise. His program has stellar on-line critiques.

He didn’t wish to go on digicam, however did present a press release to CBS 8, by which he says, he by no means disciplined the kid, as an alternative he says dropping the kid is part of his program, saying: “drop drills are a major portion of what we do to prepare the kids. I’m right there the whole time, we do it as a training. And that is what was going on, just a freak coincidence of timing, which happened to coincide with him hitting.”

Ruffu has been instructing lessons since 2003 and says what’s seen within the video, is nothing out of the strange.

For Wadeea, she says what angers her is that he might be heard telling Adam to not hit him within the video, which in line with her, reveals he dropped her son within the water with a view to self-discipline him.

“My hearts broken. He’s defenseless. He’s two and a half years old. It’s not like he can say help me out. He’s learning how to swim. He can’t bring himself up afloat. He comes out of the video coughing and swallowing water and choking and he’s still kept them in the water,” added Wadeea.

Wadeea says she has since pulled Adam out of the swimming lessons and has been reimbursed.

The video of the lesson, submitted to CBS 8, was taken by the toddler’s nanny: