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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid got so much more out of 1 on 1 lessons with an amazing instructor (who also coaches special olympics)  than a class. [/quote]

I know but the classes really are good. And they build team community. Plus they’re basically included with the pool membership. I’m really hesitant to pay extra for this.[/quote]

Really good classes that build team community are useless if your kid won't take the class. Unless he's a particularly obstinate kid, there's a reason he won't do it; you just don't know what it is (and it's probably some kid-logic that wouldn't make sense to anyone else). I really disagree with the advice to just let him sit next to you all summer if need be. What a waste. Seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Maybe try the bribe, but I think that if you 1) have a mechanism to teach him how to swim (1:1, and only assuming you can afford it); and 2) you want him to learn how to swim, then 3) you should use the mechanism you have, rather than insist that your kid really ought to be fine with something he's clearly not fine with.[/quote]

OP here and I actually think he’s just obstinate. He’s dug in the more that we insisted. That’s what I’m asking: bribe? Consequences? Just let him sit with me?[/quote]

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