When a 4 years old lets go of the wall for the first time, they have a certain expression on…
Browsing: early swimming
In nearly every mid-sized town, you can stand outside a community pool at 6:45 p.m. on any given Tuesday and…
A Saturday morning at any community pool is the best time to witness the subtle change in parents’ perspectives on…
The sense of smell of chlorine on a child’s skin in early May has a distinctly British quality. You see…
At first, it was simple to miss the shift. A few years ago. A Saturday morning at most community pools…
You notice a certain type of silence at a kids’ swim class. The sound of palms slapping on water, the…
When you arrive at a community pool on a Saturday morning, the noise is the first thing you notice. Though…
A parent watches a four-year-old wearing oversized goggles inch toward the instructor’s extended arms while kneeling by the edge with…
When a parent briefly loses sight of their child, a certain kind of silence descends over a backyard pool. It…
You can learn something from the parking lot of any local recreation center in Manchester or Bristol that the official…