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To refuse swimming at school

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tabbycat4321 · Yesterday 06:13

Has anyone been in a similar situation? My youngest, 6yo, hates school swimming. She has a genuine fear of going into the pool at school, I think there is some sensory overload as she doesn't like the getting dressed part either. This causes a lot of anxiety at home the night before and in the morning of swimming. Can I refuse for her to go? She's at a private school. I'd be happy to take her swimming outside of school as we can manage that environment a lot better and she loves swimming on holidays and generally is ok with 1-1 lessons. I understand that they need to be able to swim 25m etc. We did some over the summer that were semi successful (she has some fear still of attempting things alone in the pool). I have 3 older kids so am all for building resilience but this is far more than that, she's genuinely afraid plus I think she get sensory overload. Thanks for any suggestions

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concertinacornflake · Yesterday 22:17

I'm happy to read a reputable source on this but actually a lot of harm is done having age-inappropriate conversations about 'anxiety' when all that is actually going on is normal young childhood behaviours/feelings/ideas.

Asking on MN is for experience and opinions, it's a forum of discussion. As mums we simply give advice about what we have experienced works for us.

Sorry, like you I assume, don't have the time (or feel the need) to provide reputable sources as this isn't a training to be a solicitor forum.

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