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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The parent making the Olympic comment and telling everyone to relax was making fun of driven/competitive kids.  They were also going after the parent.

I have several kids that swim competitively.  I have one of those crazy kids who is obsessed with swimming.  People are going to think I push, but believe me, I do not.  My other kids will skip practice or do other things.  MY competitive kid gets angry when I make them skip.

If there is a family where all the kids are super competitive I would suspect the parents are pushing it.  It would not be normal to have all kids have the same passion.[/quote]

I agree.    One family I knew when my kids were younger would reward their kids when they got best times and would take away electronics if they added.  They also paid a lot of money for private lessons and trainers when the kids were already in the pool 5 or 6 days a week. It seemed beyond crazy to me and I was not sure if the kids even liked to swim. [/quote]
This is crazy. Punishing kids for adding time is awful. I also think it’s a recipe for burnout and/or an overuse injury to be practicing 5-6 days a week with regular private training and lessons on top of that.  [/quote]

There's a lot of crazy in this thread.[/quote]

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