I observed quite a sight today. Kids had their first day of swim lessons. The lesson is 30 minutes.
There were about 30 moms and dads sitting in the bleachers and chairs around the pool, which backed up to the large windows leading to the rest of the gym. Right outside the windows were rows of stationary bikes, stair steppers and rowing machines. ALL facing the windows, looking in to the pools. Not only that, there was a door leading right to the pool next to these rows of machines.
My point: 29 moms sat for 30 minutes watching their kids learn to swim. One mom rode a stationary bike for 30 minutes...uninterrupted...without paying for childcare (other than the cost of the lessons of course)....while she watched her kids learn to swim.
Which mom do you think I was? Which one are you?
What have you done to multi-task lately?
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I have a question, what message is being sent to kids when parents take them to swim lessons, T-Ball, Basketball etc, then stand on the side lines eating hot dogs and drinking soda?
Or when you have a parent (like many in Scottsdale) who use these events for babysitting instead of positive aspects?
Are we giving kids messages that you only have to exercise this 1, 2, 3 times a week for 30~45 mins? (Which is good.) Or are we, as adults, implying to them that exercises is over rated?
Heh, or am I making too big a deal out of it?
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