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!
This example is more related to running than swimming but it might be helpful: I ran for a while with a club that had a rotating/cooperative babysitting service for members who wanted to bring children to workouts. Those who wanted to benefit from this service took a turn at babysitting--which maybe would be once every five or six weeks, so they'd miss that one practice but otherwise could know that their child was being supervised by someone they knew.
I wasn't directly involved b/c I don't have children, but it seemed to work pretty well.
This example is more related to running than swimming but it might be helpful: I ran for a while with a club that had a rotating/cooperative babysitting service for members who wanted to bring children to workouts. Those who wanted to benefit from this service took a turn at babysitting--which maybe would be once every five or six weeks, so they'd miss that one practice but otherwise could know that their child was being supervised by someone they knew.
I wasn't directly involved b/c I don't have children, but it seemed to work pretty well.
