| Saturday Swimming Lessons - The Right Solution For Working Mothers |
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| Recreation and Sports - Swimming |
| Written by Dane Masters |
| Friday, 31 October 2008 07:44 |
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I decided that this past summer, I was going to enroll my daughter in swimming lessons. She was three years old at the time and perfectly capable of learning what needs to be learned. With that decision having been made, I began my quest of finding swimming lessons that would suit her age. I quickly discovered that all of our local community centers and pools cater more to stay at home mothers. Unfortunately, I work full-time during the week. My daytime working hours do not allow for her to take swimming lessons around lunchtime several days a week. I was actually pretty surprised that more classes were not on Saturdays or in the evenings. I wasn't sure if I should be offended by that discovery or not.
I decided that this past summer, I was going to enroll my daughter in swimming lessons. She was three years old at the time and perfectly capable of learning what needs to be learned. With that decision having been made, I began my quest of finding swimming lessons that would suit her age. I quickly discovered that all of our local community centers and pools cater more to stay at home mothers. Unfortunately, I work full-time during the week. My daytime working hours do not allow for her to take swimming lessons around lunchtime several days a week. I was actually pretty surprised that more classes were not on Saturdays or in the evenings. I wasn't sure if I should be offended by that discovery or not. Someone had told me that I should look into private swimming lessons for her. I did that as well, discovering that while they would cater to my schedule, it was not a wise investment for my wallet. I would be paying double the costs of group swimming lessons. I'm quite sure that the private swimming lessons would have been more valuable and productive for her, but it was not in my budget. I continued my search. Being a mother, I thought that asking other mothers living in the vicinity of my home would be a great idea. That experience really left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It seemed that I was the single working mother around the block, so the others looked at me somehow in disdain when I tried to share my problems with them. Finally, I reached to another, more productive conclusion. I took the phone and made a call to the local community center. I was surprised to find somebody willing to talk to me and solve my problem in a satisfactory manner. I was not the only one in that situation! So the people there decided to give swimming lessons during Saturdays so working people, like me, would be able to bring their children, with no hassles at all. My boy was very excited that he would take part to swimming lessons. I prepared him in advance and all the family took part in his excitement. I really hoped that it will work just great for him as he was already waiting for a long time to catch up with all the youngsters in our family, used to splashing water around in the pool, at our family gatherings. I was happy that I would not have to watch all the time over him to not fall into the water, during such occasions. So I took them shopping and bought them some new bathing suits. They were very happy, and so was I. Then came the first real swimming lessons, and they were so glad to be able to learn how to swim, that I realized that all my efforts were worth it, no doubt about it. They looked at me from time to time, while listening to the couch, but only minutes passed and they forgot all about me, being more interested in learning. I can tell that they become more confident since I took them to the Saturday swimming lessons. Now I am not so afraid that they will have an accident when they bathe in a pool. About the Author: Dane Masters is an accomplished author. To learn more about embarrassing swimming moments, please visit burn calories swimming for current articles and discussions. |