Enough about the kids. What about us? Is swimming eating its parents? Are we aging badly because we're always up before dawn driving our kids to swim practice? I know parents who hate swimming. I know parents who are sleeping in their cars during their kids' 4:40 am practices. Is this healthy? Can't we have more evening practices? I know the kids have to double up sometimes, but we may have an epidemic of sleep-deprived grumpy parents. Like me, I did not want to get up this morning. :coffee:
We've had a few swim moms sleep either in their car or in the spectator area at our pool. One of our former board members even kept a sleeping bag and a pillow stashed away at the pool. Her kid was a national caliber swimmer at age 14 so she was there a lot.
In the summer, we do start later but still have to be out of the pool by 8:30 am so the city can start their lessons programs. And some of the old kids will have summer jobs and need to be able to get to them.
I may use a sleeping bag this summer. In summer, it is much worse here. Then virtually every single practice is at 4:40 am because every single USS team is trying to swim long course at GMU, one of the few indoor long course pools. I don't know what is going on at night there. Must be some masters swimmers... Plus one particular team that gets special preference. As a result, this was my kid's first long course season. I love summer league.
We've had a few swim moms sleep either in their car or in the spectator area at our pool. One of our former board members even kept a sleeping bag and a pillow stashed away at the pool. Her kid was a national caliber swimmer at age 14 so she was there a lot.
In the summer, we do start later but still have to be out of the pool by 8:30 am so the city can start their lessons programs. And some of the old kids will have summer jobs and need to be able to get to them.
I may use a sleeping bag this summer. In summer, it is much worse here. Then virtually every single practice is at 4:40 am because every single USS team is trying to swim long course at GMU, one of the few indoor long course pools. I don't know what is going on at night there. Must be some masters swimmers... Plus one particular team that gets special preference. As a result, this was my kid's first long course season. I love summer league.
