Tag: swimming-lessons

  • Why are those dirty, neglected children cackling? And why are they so demented?

    Confession time. We are now swimming-lesson and gymnastics-class-free. And no “play dates” either. And we never go to the park. Or the public swimming pool. In short, we are child abusers who make our kids find their own fun right in their own backyard. That’s not a euphemism. I really do mean in their own…

  • How I almost drowned a swim teacher today

    The boys had their (last, as it turns out) swim lessons this morning. We’re not a big ‘lessons’ family, but somehow Mike and Robbie are both doing gymnastics and swimming lessons every week. New swim teacher today, and I see her trying to make Mike put his head under water. He was born scared of…