by Molly Huggins | Sep 12, 2022 | Parenting Skills
Continuing on in our series on Growth Mindset for Parents, let’s talk about building growth-mindset-oriented relationships. Create Agreements. Work with your child to develop a list of agreements as needed to ensure the work you do together creates a...
by Molly Huggins | Aug 12, 2022 | Parenting Skills
As we address parent-to-child communication, making a concerted effort to use growth mindset language should not be viewed as a temporary solution. Our goal is not to help you pick up a few tricks to be more growth mindset-ish today; it’s to provide you with the...
by Molly Huggins | May 24, 2021 | Parenting Skills
Whether you have a home pool, hot tub, or you’re at the beach, ocean, lake, river or stream, or even in the bathtub, water is water and drowning can happen! SO…. As we dive into the summer, here are some important reminders! BE WATER COMPETENT! Know your...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 30, 2021 | Parenting Skills
Bathtub Fun From the first bath, the bathtub is an excellent opportunity to prepare a child for swimming! Never leave a child unattended in the bath, of course! But make bath time FUN and a BEAUTIFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE! Play in the bath mostly before any soap or...
by Molly Huggins | Feb 18, 2020 | Parenting Skills
Parents and caregivers, this one is for you. You signed up for swimming lessons, and you’ve watched us coach your children in class after class. Now you might be asking yourself how to follow up on what the coaches taught? What kind of swim drills can you work...
by Molly Huggins | Jan 21, 2020 | Parenting Skills
At One with the Water, our swimming lessons are taught using growth-mindset techniques. We witness transformative miracles in our students, both in and out of the water, as they shift from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. People with a growth mindset learn to love...