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[quote=Anonymous]Swimming is one of the scariest parts of summer camp.  I have my kids at the summer camp offered by their school aftercare program, so the staff know my kids very well.  Even still, it's stressful.  The way I got through it the first year was to remind myself that the camp had never been sued.  They had never lost a child.  Their staff has so much more experience caring for kids than me and I take my kids swimming.  And, they are far more safety conscious as I am - not because I am neglectful, but because they care for so many kids that they are better at identifying risks.  (I have a similar stragegy for the monkey bars, which I also find stressful, that that's another story).

On the other hand, one of the best things about summer camp for my kids is the swimming.  They are so confident in the water now and they just love the days they go to the pool.

FWIW, I'm not what one would call an overprotective mom.  I realize that my kids are going to be subjected to risks in order to have great life experiences.  My kids should hank my parents for this point of view - they gave me lots and lots of very active brothers to grow up with and so far, my very active boys have not even come close to trying things that my brothers survived.    [/quote]

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