For those of us who have kids, do your kids swim?
I had this vision of teaching my kids to swim (I was a WSI instructor) and they would be strong swimmers who love the water.
It didn't turn out that way! :eek:
My son (he's 12) had this aversion to getting water in his face and he developed a fear of the water when he was about 5 when he had some trouble in the water and his friend's parent pulled him out (I was not there at the time). We paid for some private lessons for him to overcome his fear. He will get his face wet now and he can swim well enough to attend a pool party but he's not a strong swimmer and has no desire to learn.
My daughter (age 5) picked up on her older brother's fears of water in the face and she has continued on with her fear of the water in a similar fashion.
My son never allowed me to teach him. He wanted nothing to do with it. My daughter will allow me but my time is very limited. I'm trying to get her into swim class next month to help with this. She wants to do it but is also has some fear. My plan is to be away from the deck while she's in the class so she won't search me out to "rescue her".
I don't care if they want to swim on teams or anything like that. I just want them to be competent in the water.
Currently have a 10yo daughter who loves swimming. She loved the water at a very early age, absolutely no fear to the point of giving us heart failure as she would just run right into the pool at age 2. Then something happened at about age 5 where she wanted nothing to do with the water, no trauma that we can come up with to explain it. That ended at age 7 when she joined the local Y team and swam with them for a year and then joined the summer league. The Y folded and she's now in her 2nd season with a year round club and loving it. Altho she did move up to a higher program that now involves 30 minutes of dry land a week and 3-4 1.5 hour practices, so she's been dragging a bit.
I try (note: TRY, it's been very difficult) to not 'coach' her, I'm 95% effective.
Currently have a 10yo daughter who loves swimming. She loved the water at a very early age, absolutely no fear to the point of giving us heart failure as she would just run right into the pool at age 2. Then something happened at about age 5 where she wanted nothing to do with the water, no trauma that we can come up with to explain it. That ended at age 7 when she joined the local Y team and swam with them for a year and then joined the summer league. The Y folded and she's now in her 2nd season with a year round club and loving it. Altho she did move up to a higher program that now involves 30 minutes of dry land a week and 3-4 1.5 hour practices, so she's been dragging a bit.
I try (note: TRY, it's been very difficult) to not 'coach' her, I'm 95% effective.
