Hi all,
I am the president of my team, and we recently instituted a policy after having an increasing number of parents bringing children along to workout. (Usually in the case of both parents being swimmers, and one swims while the other watches the child, and then they switch off for the next workout.) We found a need to institute a policy after seeing a wide range of what parents considered to be acceptable behavior, and to be an acceptable level of supervision.
I am wondering if any of you would be willing to share any info about this subject at your team. I am wondering:
- Are members at your team allowed to bring children with them to workouts?
- Does your team have a written policy about this subject (for example, child must have an adult supervising them, child cannot be within a certain distance of the pool, etc.)? If so, can you share the wording of that policy?
Thanks for any info!
Parents
Former Member
In case I have a pool under my responsability I would have a policy anounced in a big sign at the entrance of the pool to be like:
"No children are allowed at the deck unattended, lap swimming people would not be considered as being able to supervice any children wile practicing".
It would be the coach decition if he(she) wants to take care of a kid wile its parent swim, as Tom's history case, I guess that in the case of an infant in its chair, it would not be a serious problem, as the only thing that the infant can do is to cry and in that case, the coach can just tell the parent.
In case I have a pool under my responsability I would have a policy anounced in a big sign at the entrance of the pool to be like:
"No children are allowed at the deck unattended, lap swimming people would not be considered as being able to supervice any children wile practicing".
It would be the coach decition if he(she) wants to take care of a kid wile its parent swim, as Tom's history case, I guess that in the case of an infant in its chair, it would not be a serious problem, as the only thing that the infant can do is to cry and in that case, the coach can just tell the parent.
