The part of being a parent that I dislike the most – is making mistakes. Caleb and I went swimming today and my 5 year old son is still not able to swim. I really wished I has listened to everyone and made sure he learnt to swim when he was younger. When he was younger he was fearless when it came to the water and thought he could swim even though he could not. As he has gotten older he has become more cautious and afraid.
When we were in the pool earlier today, Caleb refused to even try to swim and was adement that he was not going to learn to swim with the swim instructor in two weeks. Caleb was in the pool with a little girl the same age as him who swam like a little fish and a boy a few years older. They were both encouraging him to swim and he was having none of it.
I am looking forward to seeing what happens with the swimming instructor and feel sad and guilty for not doing this years ago.