Reply to Families that never volunteer

Forum Index » Swimming and Diving

Reply to "Families that never volunteer - swim team"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Both sides have valid points here.

I'm new to summer swim and am surprised at how much it takes to run these programs! I expected it to be a bit more streamlined (ha) along the lines of other kid activities/sports but it clearly requires a level of parent commitment that I have not seen before. I am impressed and grateful to the parents to make the time to support the team. I also think there are a lot of parents who are REALLY into the whole scene and their kid's performance, which may explain their motivation for volunteering as much as they do. Not everyone shares that motivation.

On the flip side, the amount of commitment being asked of the parents--while it varies by team--is not insignificant particularly compared to other sports. It's not JUST the swim team that expects time from busy families--and while things might slow down a bit with kids during the summer, many of us have demanding jobs year-round, are caring for special needs kids or aging parents, or maybe we have health problems of our own or other commitments that take up time. Some people just don't have a lot of extra time and can't just throw money at solving a problem. You never know which family falls into that category or which family just doesn't want to help.

I'm fortunate that I can often find time to help, but it doesn't help the situation to act like everyone should be able to do the same.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics