4am Morning Practice?!?! Bell

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^^but we can get in and out quietly if we try.

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Anonymous wrote:The practice starts at 4am?

Yes! We would need to be up by 3:30am

That's insanely unhealthy for the whole family. There's no way you should do that.

+1) I have neighbors with one swim team kid. The whole family (including two other kids) eats at 6 and goes to bed by 7:30 because the house has to be quiet at night for the swim team kid and parent to sleep, and it's too noisy in the morning for the other kids to sleep in when the parents and swim team kid are getting ready.

I don’t understand this. Unless people are sleeping in the kitchen or living room, the only noise we generally make is when the microwave or toaster beep. They must be some light sleepers!

We live in an older house. The wood floors creak quite loudly. That means you hear it if you’re either up or downstairs.

I have a few squeaky boards in my house too, but I don’t hear my husband walking around when I’m sleeping. Maybe I’m a pretty sound sleeper! Who knew?!

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Anonymous wrote:How do high school kids handle 4am morning swim??? My daughter wants to swim 5+ times a week next school year. She currently swims 3x, after school and it is a big time commitment 25 min there, 35 back with traffic, 1.5 hour practice, once a week she adds 30m dry land. 10 m getting dry and walking to my car, 20m when she used to be able to shower there. So basically 3 hours every day she swims. The team she wants to join swims a lot closer to us, every day for 1.5 hours at 4am She can’t swim every day after school because I have other kids that have sports. We simply cannot drive everybody if she practices more. So morning swim would be a great thing for our schedule. But she can barely get up before school starts, how do kids wake up that early? Is there a method? Or are there just certain kids that can handle that and others can’t?

Lmao that’s fuking retarded. Waking up at 3 am to train at 4 am?? Some people choose to be miserable voluntarily. Flabbergasting.

[Anonymous]

It boarders on child abuse

Instigated by coaches and parents go along with it, like sheep.

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meant, "borders on child abuse"

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Anonymous wrote:It boarders on child abuse

Instigated by coaches and parents go along with it, like sheep.

Yes agree

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Anonymous wrote:It boarders on child abuse

Instigated by coaches and parents go along with it, like sheep.

You don’t know the definition of child abuse. Not even close.

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Can’t you hire a part-time driving sitter to help with the afternoon driving so all your kids can get to their various sports practices. There is no way in hell I would agree to those morning practices every day. If you work, your job performance will even take a hit. It’s just not healthy for anyone.

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I think it leads to a weird family split in which certain family members are up at 3 (and thus asleep by way earlier), while other family members wake up and go to sleep later.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t you hire a part-time driving sitter to help with the afternoon driving so all your kids can get to their various sports practices. There is no way in hell I would agree to those morning practices every day. If you work, your job performance will even take a hit. It’s just not healthy for anyone.

The issue is that is the availability of the pool when you are training every day. So, if your kid wants to be competitive you do it. I would do it, I wouldn't be happy about it but we'd make it work.

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OP I’m curious, what did you decide?

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This is the reason my children play golf. No crazy hours.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not your target audience, but that doesn’t sound healthy to me. I’m not judging. I’m just offering my perspective. I’m sure your daughter would adjust to the timing. But the research on shift work suggests it’s very stressful for your body. She’d be waking up in the middle of the night! That messes with your sleep and stress hormones.

This was my thought, too. I wouldn’t allow it.

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Anonymous wrote:My teen has sleep issues, including sleep apnea. He NEEDS to sleep as much as he can, and he gets his best quality sleep in the morning.

Swimming as a competitive sport would be out of the question for us.

Gosh, thanks for much for sharing this totally irrelevant insight into your life. Here is your pity cookie.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not your target audience, but that doesn’t sound healthy to me. I’m not judging. I’m just offering my perspective. I’m sure your daughter would adjust to the timing. But the research on shift work suggests it’s very stressful for your body. She’d be waking up in the middle of the night! That messes with your sleep and stress hormones.

I agree with this. Really doesn’t sound healthy, but obviously every kid needs to do what is best for him/her.