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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one has mentioned this on here yet, but timing matters too. My kids have two working parents. Swim club times don't work for us at all (either too early, too late, hours not long enough, not combined with a camp afterwards so we have care until 4pm, too much on weekdays and not enough on weekends, etc). I think that's the real issue. My local swim club is cheap and I believe it's inclusive, but you need a SAHM to make it possible. [/quote]

This.  [/quote]

I disagree. There are many families in our neighborhood where both parents work and the kids are active on swim and dive. Instead of putting the kids in summer camp they hire a summer nanny (cheaper than summer camp for 2 kids).  Many families share a nanny.  The kids are at the pool all morning then spend the afternoon doing activities with their nanny (we find local college students majoring in education).[/quote]
Check your privilege.  A summer nanny is not cheaper than county Parks and Recs camps, especially if the family qualifies for low income discounts.

Not to mention many kids don't have a nanny at all by the time they're old enough for swim.  Those kids just stay home alone all summer.[/quote]

Check your privilege checking.  PP was responding to the quote at the top of this post, which had nothing to with any cost issue.[/quote]
It has everything to do with the prior post.  Your response was ridiculous.  She said she can't make the swim schedule work with her family's work schedule.  Your suggestion was a NANNY.  That's an impossible expense for many families.  You clearly have zero perspective.[/quote]

1. Irrespective of whether I have any perspective, I didn’t write the prior post. So you are pointing the finger at the wrong person.

2. The original post in this sub-chain was based on the premise that scheduling and not cost was the primary impediment to greater participation. Irrespective of whether one agrees with that, the PP to whom you responded with “check your privilege” wrote that there is a solution if schedule and not cost are the issue.

3. What PP was referring to as a “summer nanny” is really more of a glorified babysitter. I have no idea if it’s cheaper than camp to do that. But it’s certainly less expensive than a real nanny. More important — and to repeat — PP was addressing a post that dealt with schedule and not cost. [/quote]

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