Water Babies: A Book About Igor Tjarkovsky and His Method for Delivering and Training Children in Water

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Summary: Igor Tjarkovsky controversial researcher
Review: I have his personally autographed book. I was fascinated to meet him and explore his work when he visited LA in 1993.He is probably the most controversial Infant Swim Researcher in the World. Mothers giving birth to babies in the Baltic Sea with dolphins near by? Raising his own daughter in a specially built aquarium because of his belief that he could strenthen her immune system? His work is shaped by his belief in human adaptation. He consistently used the hardening process of working with infants and toddlers in ice cold water believing this would strengthen their immunity.Controversial by all standards in the infant swim world, neverthe less he is a pioneer of sorts showing that tiny babies have an innate ability to not only survive but actually adapt to what many would consider an unfriendly environment. I give the book 5 stars because anyone working with infants in water will be challenged and astonished by what he has done. you must read it even if you are aghast at what he was trying to prove. Or you may come away wondering what he was trying to prove and why he went so far out on the edge!