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I am so excited for her. Proud..
(scottish accent): brought a tear ta me eye ...
My little girl turns five in June, I'll have to get her snorkeling this year.
Seasnake,
I didn't want to write it in my original post.. but it brought a slight tear to my eyes too. I was thinking that it wouldn't be manly to post... I guess we're both in touch with our ... huh-hum, femanine side...
Getting a lump in your throat and a tear in you eye is decidedly manly, not feminine.
Just to let you know, when us women see photos of guys hold babies, and even the father so carefully tending to his daughter underwater in the scuba clip, it goes straight to the heart of desirability!
So you don't have any children of your own then, iDiveChick? That you know of..
whew, thanks iDiveChick .... I thought I was going to have to follow up with a whole big post about drag racing and beer or something ... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by iDiveChick
I have to say teaching kids is the best. They take to it so naturally. I always try to extend the dives where possible for them.
(This video was shot at Manta Divers, Eilat, Israel - Dive site Coral Beach House Reef)
Rats!!!!! That's me on the 'undesirable' list ................ As the old joke goes "they (children) are OK but I couldn't eat a whole one!" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by iDiveChick
no hesitation on the tearing up. my kids (13 and 10) are in the process of getting certified. it is the coolest thing.
I just got my little girl her first mask and snorkel. She was anxious to try it out! :)
Oh she's a doll! :)
If I had a feminine side I am certain I would have got in touch with it before now! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by lars2923
Ain't she though ... :D :D :D *beaming pride* lolQuote:
Originally Posted by iDiveChick
Funny thing though ... I've had her in the water since she was a few months old. She LOVES to go swimming. But over time she got into this thing where she doesn't like to get her face wet ... :eek: I try not to make too big a deal of it and hope it's just a phase. There are little tricks we do when we teach kids to swim to get them to dunk their head, and she is awesome at working around every one of them! Anybody got any new tricks? :)
Teach her to dive (off a board)?Quote:
Originally Posted by seasnake
Money on the bottom of the pool?
Finless! The mothers I know would be horrified at the cash-as-lure idea hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Finless
Okay, Ron, I’m not a parent (except to cats and dogs) but I am an auntie to my brother’s 3 kids and godmother to friends’ many kids.
Nephew Paolo, 5, used to a pool, hated the feel of wet sand on his feet (“dirty, dirty,” he’d say). Even with a life vest on him, he had his legs locked around my waist for the first 20 minutes or so. He only made a go of it when he saw his brother (9) and sister (7) take to the water like guppies (wait, those are freshwater fishes, but you get what I mean). So, maybe, on the next outing, invite kids (who your daughter emulates) who already love the ocean. Passion is catching. Hopefully, she’ll want to be “like the other kids” despite herself.
Nicola, my friend’s kid, is turning 12. When I was at their house two weeks ago, she announced that she wants to be a diver (her mom had stopped at intro-dive). I was so proud. It also surprised/delighted me that she still remembers how, when she was 7, we hired an outrigger boat to go snorkeling near a cove. She, holding on to an inner tube for dear life, was paired with me (while her mom—deserving a break—and another girl floated on their backs to enjoy the twilight and early display of stars). She remembers how I showed her to move her legs and arms so that the bioluminescent algae lit up under us. She was even persuaded to dunk her head underwater (albeit with one arm still hooked to her flotation device), the better to marvel at the phosphorescence. So, maybe, give your daughter a marine quest. “Today, we will look at a clownfish”...or something. Better (and more memorable) than any water toy :)
ok,ok I wasn't gonna open it but I did, and that was pretty cool..no tears tho.
Had my daughter in the pool today to try out her snorkel. It took her a little while to get used to the idea that she could breathe with her face in! Plus the poor thing doesn't have enough power in her lungs to clear the snorkel. But she said it was . . . "cool".:)
My son is 9 and is a natural snorkeler... much better than I was at twice his age. I plan on getting him certified as soon as possible but BC is cold place to learn so I guess it will be a trip to the tropics ... maybe next summer. In the meantime, that video has inspired me to get him in the pool at least.
Stickman, welcome to th SMN Community
my son now 7 year old and enjoying swimming and snorkeling. now he want to try scuba diving.
When he is old enough, sign him up for classes. Until then I guess he is just going to have to know what it feels like to want. Doing things on your own without proper instruction is putting his life at risk and not something a good parent would do. Snorkeling is great, let him enjoy that for a while, it will make him a better diver in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by craigsmith
Hey, I can't see the video!
It's a blank box with no clip. My 8 year old daughter wants to see; She's been "un"-intentionally brainwashed her entire life. She's ready.
Now I just need to see the clip.
Any help is appreciated, Thanks.
-FD
Hey FD, haven't seen you in awhile.
The original video was removed from Metacafe, but here is a different one, with a background score that totally does not match! lol
ScubaMagazine.net Video : 8 year old Girl scuba diving in the Red Sea with sharks
Here's a 10 year old girl diving:
ScubaMagazine.net Video : 10 year old girl learns to scuba dive