My kid is a piece of work 😆
So my son is 5, turning 6 in June.
We already know he has a difficult personality. But today he reached new heights 😆 I’m also semi impressed not gonna lie 😆
He’s been having swimming lessons since September in a local pool. They always give sessions of 10-20 lessons and then they get a certification to advance if they’re ready. School does not teach them anymore so we had to look for alternatives 🤷🏻♀
The first lessons were kind of boring for him, but the second series was challenging and good for him.
He got off on the wrong foot with the instructor though. As asual he was being very present at the introduction and asking tons of questions, trying to make jokes and be in the spotlight.
So the instructor said: okay now everyone be quiet while we call the names to see in which group you are. The first name he calls is my son and he shouts: “that’s meeeee!!”
His reaction was: “oh… it’s you” 🤭 so I already got the feeling this was going to be a struggle.
My son has a big mouth but he gets scared easily. The instructor had to push him a couple of times to pull through during the water survival training and he cried a couple of times although he pushed through in the end.
I thought it was a good thing because sometimes it’s just what he needs and to realize that not everything can always be fun and games.
After he got the certification, we told him he could go to the last group now with the other instructor he seemed to have more of a click with, so he was very excited!
Turns out when my husband arrived there today that the group was too big and that they decided to split them. Guess what… he got assigned to the previous instructor again because he already “knew him”.
HE WAS NOT HAVING IT to say the least 🙈😅
He started discussing and arguing that he wanted to be in the other group. When they explained that it is not the “previous group” but that he would get the last certification too, he didn’t believe the instructor.
So he stormed out of the pool by himself, searching my husband. He was fetching something out of the car because he was assured that he saw him going with the instructors. So the other parents had to stop him from literally walking outside of the pool in his swimming trunks.
When my husband came back drama unfolded. He was able to calm him down and to verify that he was indeed going to have the right certification but with his previous instructor.
He went back inside and my husband thought that would be that. But noooo he started discussing again and pointing at the other group.
We don’t know what he said but eventually they let him try in the other group with the older kids and he did so well that they eventually just said: well ok 🥲 then stay in the group with the older kids even though that instructor has less time for guidance 🙈
It’s good that he fights for what he wants but I’m afraid they just reinforced his strong personality again 🙈
We already know he has a difficult personality. But today he reached new heights 😆 I’m also semi impressed not gonna lie 😆
He’s been having swimming lessons since September in a local pool. They always give sessions of 10-20 lessons and then they get a certification to advance if they’re ready. School does not teach them anymore so we had to look for alternatives 🤷🏻♀
The first lessons were kind of boring for him, but the second series was challenging and good for him.
He got off on the wrong foot with the instructor though. As asual he was being very present at the introduction and asking tons of questions, trying to make jokes and be in the spotlight.
So the instructor said: okay now everyone be quiet while we call the names to see in which group you are. The first name he calls is my son and he shouts: “that’s meeeee!!”
His reaction was: “oh… it’s you” 🤭 so I already got the feeling this was going to be a struggle.
My son has a big mouth but he gets scared easily. The instructor had to push him a couple of times to pull through during the water survival training and he cried a couple of times although he pushed through in the end.
I thought it was a good thing because sometimes it’s just what he needs and to realize that not everything can always be fun and games.
After he got the certification, we told him he could go to the last group now with the other instructor he seemed to have more of a click with, so he was very excited!
Turns out when my husband arrived there today that the group was too big and that they decided to split them. Guess what… he got assigned to the previous instructor again because he already “knew him”.
HE WAS NOT HAVING IT to say the least 🙈😅
He started discussing and arguing that he wanted to be in the other group. When they explained that it is not the “previous group” but that he would get the last certification too, he didn’t believe the instructor.
So he stormed out of the pool by himself, searching my husband. He was fetching something out of the car because he was assured that he saw him going with the instructors. So the other parents had to stop him from literally walking outside of the pool in his swimming trunks.
When my husband came back drama unfolded. He was able to calm him down and to verify that he was indeed going to have the right certification but with his previous instructor.
He went back inside and my husband thought that would be that. But noooo he started discussing again and pointing at the other group.
We don’t know what he said but eventually they let him try in the other group with the older kids and he did so well that they eventually just said: well ok 🥲 then stay in the group with the older kids even though that instructor has less time for guidance 🙈
It’s good that he fights for what he wants but I’m afraid they just reinforced his strong personality again 🙈
