chickweed
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For her 13th birthday, I gave my daughter a trip to anywhere in the contintental US to do whatever fun adventure she would like. Her first thought was scuba and after telling her that there may be other less costly options for us and pursuing many other ideas, she still comes back to scuba as what she really wants to do.
She has no idea what is required of her for this (I am now learning, because I had no idea until visiting a shop yesterday and reading some of the threads on this board). She is an excellent athlete/swimmer, she is occassionally challenged in her academics, but studies hard and gets by. I know that if I say "let's do it" she will be all in as an eager 13 year old... until we get into the meat of the training and things get tough... so:
As we try to make this decision together, I'm wondering if I try to paint a picture of what I think may be the challenges of taking the online course and doing the pool and open water dives. Or, do I just let her jump into this without any pre-conceived notion of the potential anxieties. I don't want to introduce anxiety, but I want to be honest about what we are getting into?
Thoughts?
She has no idea what is required of her for this (I am now learning, because I had no idea until visiting a shop yesterday and reading some of the threads on this board). She is an excellent athlete/swimmer, she is occassionally challenged in her academics, but studies hard and gets by. I know that if I say "let's do it" she will be all in as an eager 13 year old... until we get into the meat of the training and things get tough... so:
As we try to make this decision together, I'm wondering if I try to paint a picture of what I think may be the challenges of taking the online course and doing the pool and open water dives. Or, do I just let her jump into this without any pre-conceived notion of the potential anxieties. I don't want to introduce anxiety, but I want to be honest about what we are getting into?
Thoughts?