Comments | wily_one24: Bad Mummy! (parenting 2/100)

wily_one24

Bad Mummy! (parenting 2/100)

May 09, 2012 22:01

Ok, so I'm changing my 100 things from the all rounder "parenting" to "100 Bad Parenting Things (that are actually good parenting)".

And HERE is #2...

( Why making the near five year old scream for half an hour is a GOOD thing, especially for him. )

100 things, james

Comments 5

bookaddict43 May 9 2012, 12:42:21 UTC

well it sounds like your new teacher is 200% better than the last!

I do think kids go through a 'I'm scared of swimming' phase. The LG who went swimming practically at birth did at around age 5 and again at about 9 (after being in surf club for 2 years). So have many of the kids I've taught over the years. It's my belief that those are the years their imagination is at the OMG everything is scary stage!

And boy do I agree with you about the swimming lessons!!

leobrat May 9 2012, 22:06:46 UTC

Sometimes tough love really is best, and oh my gosh yes, swimming is SO important. I went to a destination wedding two years ago at a beach resort in the Caribbean, with a twenty-six-year-old woman who didn't know how to swim (she also claimed to be allergic to the sun, and was also incredibly annoying and we were all like WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU GO TO A WEDDING IN JAMAICA.)

miss_flutterby May 10 2012, 10:34:08 UTC

Awww, good mummy. I think more kids these days could benefit from a bit of tough love. *hugs*

jaq_of_spades May 11 2012, 05:12:48 UTC

We had quite a similar experience with my elder daughter. Fine for the young toddler years, but about three, she went a bit loopy about it all, started screaming in terror etc. She is a very intense, over imaginative type (writer, you think?) and her swimming teacher said the same thing as bookaddict - bright, imaginative kids think too much about the dangers of being underwater, and their fears are stronger than their faith in their abilities ( ... )

tehomet May 24 2012, 17:40:30 UTC

The former teacher sucked.