Swim Psychology

Well, today's lunch party was cancelled at the last minute. The dad called M from the airport around 9.30pm last night, they had been skiing in British Columbia (western Canada). He said it was freezing (-20C) out there. He had a fever and a cough and didn't sound very healthy, so we've postponed (totally understandable).

So I went for my walk this morning, it was lovely and relatively mild out. Then I baked the chicken legs for lunch anyway. We had them with soft dinner rolls.

L told me that a part of her recent swim instructor course touched on how to handle difficult parents. There are those who will bring their crying kids to you hoping that you'll decide they won't have to fail after all. It's called 'the guilt trip'. You're supposed to ignore the crying child and stick to your guns. There are those who will try to bribe you with say, Raptor basketball tickets. So not only does that risk your job, but of course you have no business succumbing to bribery. Doesn't this sound just like a job in some corporation? I'm sure she won't be bored for one minute. She'll have a different batch of people every half hour during her shifts. (Parent & Tot, Pre-school, Adult, Teens)


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