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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there any chance his friend is trying to pull one over on him? [/quote]
I had been suspecting this too! However, I asked the dive team reps (as another poster suggested) and apparently it is the norm on this team to shower at the pool after practice (if it weren't awkward for DS I would be applauding the commitment to hygiene!). I would tell him to use the "sorry guys my mom is picking me up" excuse but due to my schedule I won't be able to pick him up for about twenty minutes after practice ends on some days, so that may not work. But I do think that DS is probably not the only kid with this worry, so he won't be alone.[/quote]
OP again, wanted to clarify that although they did say it's "the norm" I did not get the sense that it's a [i]rule[/i].[/quote]

The dive reps seem curiously nonchalant about being sensitive to the idea that some kids do not feel comfortable with this. If it were something like, "all the boys play basketball afterwards, and he doesn't want to play", I would give him strategies on how to deal with it and look at it as a learning experience. But this is different. I will probably get flamed for this, but if this was my kid, I would hire a sitter to pick him up on time to avoid the shower situation. It's his body and his privacy. At the age of 8, it would be worth it to make sure he knows that he should never ever feel pressured to undress if that makes him feel uncomfortable and that I will always take his concerns seriously.

And who knows? He might change his mind once he gets to know the other boys, and he might find out that some boys shower in their suits. I still think it's very weird that they are naked afterwards. My then 7 year old always wanted to stay and shower after club swim practice with his friends, because they had fun goofing around, but they were all still in their suits. [/quote]

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