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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Yup, if you don’t like helping out, don’t sign your kid up for summer swim.[/b] Parents like the pp are a total drag. Either they don’t sign up for anything and just watch as other families pick up their slack OR they do some stuff and complain constantly. If you’re a single parent or have a baby, obviously you can’t do much, and that’s understandable. But a two parent household where the kids are old enough to run around the meets by themselves—one of you should volunteer. If you can make it to the meets, then you can help out at some point. Even behind the scenes. Something. And if that’s not your thing, maybe summer swim isn’t where your family should be. It really is a community/family thing.

Our swim team isn’t clique-y. People have their groups of course because they’ve known each other for a long time, but they are friendly and there is little to no parent drama. I’m going to miss it when my kids graduate (or quit, whichever comes first!)[/quote]
+1,000 to the bolded.  Heck, if you don’t like helping out, consider not signing up for club swim, either.  That requires parent volunteers, if not in the condensed time frame of summer swim - but those meets also don’t run without parents pitching in, mostly as timers and officials.  The volunteering is part of what I enjoy about swim culture but YMMV.[/quote]

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