Parenting & Swim-Teams
August 3, 2018 Adrienne Brown 0 Comments
You can accomplish a lot of your parenting goals letting your kids participate on swim teams! Yeah really, parenting & swim-teams can go together!
Timing at swim meet
My kids have been on many swim-teams throughout the years of us parenting them, and I have noticed many common character building aspects. On every team these
characteristics were present in all of them. but I want to point out at least 3 in particular!
Perseverance
With every team that I have allowed my children to participated in, all have instilled perseverance. No matter what level my children were at when starting out, they developed perseverance!
Finishing the swim race!
Beating swim time
This is a necessary characteristic for all human beings. It carries over to so many areas in their lives!
self-confidence
Another character building aspect!
Relaxing after a hard swim meet
Getting that swim -team gear ready
I watched each of my children go from not being sure about their ability to stay above water, to flip turning on the wall at lightning speed. They went from standing in a frozen state, scared to mess up, to leaping from the diving board into 12 feet of water! Now that’s awesome! That’s self-confidence.
Fearlessness
This one is at the top of my list, because it opens us up to so many other opportunities! I am not just talking about the kids, I mean the parents too! This one takes away the heart pounding anxiety that a parent has every time we go around water!
Swim-team boldness
Fear is the number one reason we keep our kids from participating in many water based activities. When we allow our kids to be on the swim-team, the skills that they gain, will help us as parents to relax!
Equipping our children with this valuable life saving skill, frees us up from this crippling fear! So that we, (parents) can enjoy the many exciting outdoor activities!
These are just 3 reasons why I say swim team can help you with parenting. It helps you to instill, and grow strong character in your children!
Always time for fun