When a child enters a warm therapeutic pool, something happens that no amount of coaxing in a clinic waiting room…
Browsing: Swimming Skills
When a parent watches their child freeze at the edge of the pool, they experience a specific type of anxiety.…
Nearly every parent has experienced the moment when a toddler finds a puddle. Not the kind of occasion you anticipate.…
A moment has passed. Almost every parent who has enrolled their child in swim lessons is familiar with this. When…
There is a change taking place at the pools in the Chessington area, but it’s not very noticeable; you would…
The Saturday morning scene outside a community aquatic center, with parents holding coffee cups, bags slung over shoulders, and half-asleep…
In the summer, practically all public pools have a certain moment. A parent crouches next to a toddler who is…
Parents of young swimmers seem to have similar descriptions of a certain moment—a sort of quiet surprise. After swim practice,…
On a weekday morning, a small line is starting to form outside the pool at Prior’s Field in Godalming. It’s…
Around the end of August, a certain type of parental guilt begins to manifest. Many families quietly decide that swimming…