helicopter Moms – ever vigilant

This could have been 40yrs ago.

I waxed nostalgic. … Memories of digging up clams, splashing the girls, trying to drown the boys in the shallows. Family holidays at wonderful Rathtrevor Beach on Vancouver Island.

But that photo was taken last weekend.

Kids are the same. But one thing has changed.

A swimming pool with that many children would have only one lifeguard.

What year was it that parents became so much more protective?

Coaches today need skills. Parent management skills.