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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our 8&unders basically can’t make it down the lane unless they drag themselves via the gutter. Their parents are very hands-off annd don’t seem worried. I really feel the generational difference even though my kid is only a few years older- we are as overbearing and involved as they are indifferent. We would have had those kids in 5 days/week private lessons and asking the coach to put them in lane 2 away from the wall.

This is the group that was locked down while the kids were babies or very young toddlers so it was hard to get into the swing of signing up for swim lessons and getting out of the house. My friend with a rising 1st grader has said as much.[/quote]

🙄 I hope you realize how ridiculous this post is, PP. There are a huge number of fast 8 & unders who learned to swim just fine, though evidently none of them ended up at your pool. There is absolutely no “generational difference” at our pool or within my kid’s swim club (putting aside the fact that gen alpha spans kids ages 1-15).[/quote]

Yeah I am not totally buying this either. DC recently turned 8. They were a couple months shy of 3 when lockdown started. They had been doing toddler swim lessons for a while and I think they were in a class where a parent didn't get in anymore. Of course that ended and did not start back up until much later when indoor pools opened up. But our summer pool did open in 2020 and we could sign up for a 90 min time slot a couple times per week. Did that religiously to get out of the house. DC was a little fish and diving underwater to get toys that summer when they had just turned 3. Passed the swim test as a just turned 5 year old. Swam in the mini group at a club this past year at 7.

Anyone with a 7 or 8 year old right now had the chance to get their kids in the water before COVID and literally years after that. Sounds like your pool just has a group of parents that didn't really prioritize it for whatever reason, but plenty of others did. We have some good little 6 and 7 year olds on our team.[/quote]

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