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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swim clubs in general are for the UMC. They’re the non-wealthy family’s country club, and were created to keep out people of color and other underprivileged. While membership rules and housing laws have changed, [b]team practice times and volunteer requirements do not favor those with working parents.[/b] If swim teams become too small, they probably become more flexible. Ours has 200+ swimmers so they are not changing anything too soon. [/quote]

While I get that practices time are challenging I disagree that the volunteer requirements don’t favor working parents. Most parents, working or not, make it to all the meets to cheer for their kids so no reason they can’t volunteer.  FWIW we both work outside of the home with 30 min commutes and still volunteer a ton. Our last few team reps, including myself, all worked time.

I do think teams having evening practice helps.  When my kids were younger we had a sitter just to take kid to practice a few mornings a week. Then once both kids were out of daycare and on the team we hired a full time sitter during swim season.

Like anything, if it’s important to you, you find a way to make it work. [/quote]

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