Reply to Renting a beach house with kids..do you get disappointed?

Forum Index » Travel Discussion

Reply to "Renting a beach house with kids..do you get disappointed? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm going to have to disagree.  And agree... Because you are on the cusp of it getting much much easier. I do think that the beach for the under 5-yrs set is a heck of a lot of work and requires constant vigilance. But once they can follow directions, understand water safety & enjoy (slightly) less kid-centric activities--e.g. boating, restaurant, taking a bike ride--I have found it so much easier.  And my kids (now elementary) are far from strong swimmers, but they [i]understand [/i]enough that I can now just watch from the shore or tell them come in now, or there's too much sun, or let's take a break for lunch, and they agree... and this has made a huge difference.

Basically, once the kids can "reason," it's a different ballgame. And I now find a beach house 100% easier than all other options.[/quote]

+1.

I’ll also add if you go to the beach alot then start your kids in swim lessons early, continue with it even after they are competent swimmers to work on stroke development to maximize efficiency and become a strong swimmer. Have them do be able to easily do a few laps at the pool for endurance. Teach them what to do in case of a rip tide.  DS is 8 now and body boards by himself in the ocean.  There’s a lifeguard at all times.  We hang out on the beach and just check in where he is now and then.

We also go out for only 2-3 hours at a time so don’t lug anything but 2 chairs and just bring water and a snack.  It’s much easier now than 5 and under.  DS was competent swimmer at 6 so starting then, we did not have to be constantly vigilant.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics