It\u2019s time to think of holiday gifts. If you want to give a gift that will really last, give the gift of swim lessons. The benefits of learning to swim can last a lifetime and the experience of a special time together will be remembered forever. In addition, water survival and water safety lessons might just prove to be lifesaving. What a perfect gift to that special child or grandchild!<\/p>\n
So many of the presents kids receive end up tossed aside and forgotten. The Happy You, Happy Mom blog talks about the effect of children getting more \u201cstuff\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hard truth is that a child who already has everything he needs (and maybe most of what he wants too) won\u2019t fully appreciate gifts of more stuff. Here\u2019s why: Research shows that after a while, the human brain gets used to new stuff. The fancy scientific term for this phenomenon is adaptation, and it means that when we\u2019re exposed to something on a regular basis, we adapt to it. In other words, when your child gets used to that new stuff, it becomes as notable and interesting as the carpet he walks on in your home every day\u2026 not at all notable or interesting. This is why after a few days or a couple weeks, most gifts end up shoved in a closet or somewhere else out of sight, forgotten and collecting dust.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Pragmatic Parent blogger is determined to give experiences \u2013 experiences which will last a lifetime. \u201cWhen will we learn? The things our children will look back and remember as adults won\u2019t ever be the toys they received from Santa on Christmas morning or the palm-sized gadgets in their stockings. It will be the memories and experiences \u2013 not just from around the holidays but all year long. It\u2019s not what they receive, it\u2019s who they spend time with and what experiences they have. These non-toy gifts will help you give your children memorable experiences to last all year long, and for many years after that!\u201d<\/p>\n
Wellness Mama blog echoes this point of view: \u201cMany studies have shown that material possessions do not equal happiness and that experiences are much more intrinsically fulfilling that things. (Additional bonus:<\/b>\u00a0you don\u2019t have to find a place to store experiences except in your heart, memory, and maybe in a photo book!)\u201d She cites a researcher who has spent years \u201ctrying to understand why experiences have the ability to contribute to happiness so much more than material purchases.\u201d The research shows that experiences provide more lasting happiness than material possessions.<\/p>\n
British Swim School Northern Baltimore offers premium swimming lessons for babies, kids and adults, starting from three months. We proudly serve the communities of White Marsh, Nottingham, Rossville, Carney, Parkville, Middle River, Essex , Rosedale, Towson and the surrounding communities. Call 410-457-9355 to enroll, or\u00a0find a class online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" British Swim School Lessons It\u2019s time to think of holiday gifts. If you want to give a gift that will really last, give the gift of swim lessons. The benefits of learning to swim can last a lifetime and the experience of a special time together will be remembered forever. In addition, water survival and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swim-programs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/northern-baltimore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}