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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So we’re clear, you two most recent PPs are making fun of a kid for being slow at swimming.  At least, that’s what you think you’re doing: adults making fun of kids.[/quote]
Nope, I’m giving it right back to the parent being unnecessarily critical of fast swimmers who are goal-oriented and care about things like champs cuts. My kid has plenty of teammates who don’t make champs cuts but you know what their parents don’t do, talk sh!t about the kids making cuts to make themselves feel better about their kid’s performance. The first poster was actually the adult making fun of kids. [/quote]

Well, all the rest of us with kids who are in the Slower than B category saw it too. And yes, you were mocking our kids.[/quote]

+1. Whether you meant to or not, you ended up slamming those of us reading along who have kids that are B swimmers. It’s particularly mean-spirited when you consider even our B swimmers can be dedicated and training 4-5 days a week and still just can’t quite make cuts. Have some situational awareness. [/quote]
Like the situational awareness the poster that started all of this had? If you’re going to denigrate my kid for being talented and dedicated to a sport they love, and act like they’re doing too much because it’s not the Olympics, I’m going to respond to that. I wasn’t making fun of slower kids, I was specifically addressing the poster who seemed to be  mocking fast kids out of a place of insecurity or jealousy, and yeah, that is not a good look.[/quote]

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