Vancouver mother annoyed she will’t train her baby swimming throughout public swims – BC

A Vancouver mother is talking out about her expertise at a neighborhood pool when she was making an attempt to point out her daughter how you can swim.

Hailey Arthur took her daughter to Kensington Pool earlier in the summertime so she might get conversant in a pool earlier than beginning a summer season camp in July.

“You know, where the deep end is, kind of working on her strokes, her floats and her glides specifically,” Arthur informed Global News.

“And a lifeguard approached us to say I was not allowed to teach unsanctioned swimming lessons.”

Arthur stated she informed the lifeguard a number of instances that she was simply making an attempt to get her daughter to really feel snug within the pool however stated the lifeguard informed her it regarded an excessive amount of like a lesson.

“We’ve had way too many unsanctioned swimming lessons going on and you cannot teach — you can only do play swim — during public swims,” Arthur stated the lifeguard informed her.

Arthur stated she discovered the expertise irritating, as swimming classes are arduous sufficient to get her two kids signed up for.

“We all joke in my daycare group about, you know, the lottery night and winning the lottery to get your kids into swimming lessons through the city,” she stated.

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“And my thing was I just want to keep my daughter safe and her to know, to learn swimming eventually, but I know that’s going to take time, but just staying safe around water.”

The Vancouver Park Board informed Global News that this coverage has been in place for just a few years.

Arthur stated completely different municipalities have completely different guidelines as a result of her cousin in North Vancouver can train her kids swimming throughout public pool time.

“To me, water safety and swim safety are of just utmost importance,” she added.

“We’ve heard enough about drownings this summer and different water safety that’s happened along the water that, you know, it’s a huge frustration to me.

“We should be able to teach our own kids safety. It doesn’t come down to, you know, perfecting strokes and glides. It’s more the safety around water.”

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