Your Questions About What Is Scuba Diving Kids
William asks…
Is it selfish not to want kids and a family?
I want to spend money on MYSELF. Establish MYSELF. Have security. A nice beach house, car and an income exceeding expenses. I want to be able to travel and see all the different countries and cultures. I want money for weekend getaways, scuba diving and wine vacations.
I CANNOT possibly see how I can accomplish this weighing myself down with kids and a mortgage. Isn’t it like trying to finish early in a race with a backpack full of rocks?
Am I SELFISH for thinking like this? I see a photo of an old friend with 5 kids and a step dad who works 55 hour weeks in a resturant and scream to myself: WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!
NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Is it normal?
Tom Trindell answers:
It’s perfectly understandable wanting to
enjoy yourself when you are young.
As you get older you may come around
to thinking….what if….? It is your choice.
Chris asks…
why do parents and teachers treat sex ed lessons different to drivers ed and geography?
why do parents and teachers treat sex ed lessons different to drivers ed and geography
If your kid whent to school you want them getting top grads in history, maths etc.
You want them ideally to degree level.
If getting driving or Scuba diving lessons you want them to have top marks so dont have accidents.
so why not sex ed…
Given so many have lives ruined getting pregnant and that nobody will abstain as to do that is to deny all affection love and feeling.
Marriage is for old folk looking to have kids over 30.
Your love life is what happens before that.
Ie you are training for age 14+ usually as hormones active.
Hormones beat laws.
There is no such thing as giving ideas and encouraging people to have sex.
Hormones do that so do feelings.
You would no more encourage people then turn them gay or stright.
other countires teach it properly why not yours
SUCCESSFUL SEX ED COUNTRIES
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsest.htm
http://www.nvsh.nl/english/index.htm
http://www.mistymedia.co.uk/blog/2005/09/29/dutch_sex_education/
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/up_close/letstalksex/index.html
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/up_close/letstalksex/dutch.html
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/up_close/letstalksex/findoutmore.html
DUTCH SEX EDUCATION
www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/tcr/files/tcr/news/
europetour.xml#1119288090469::6998015254475574609
Blog of American sex educator on fact-finding tour round Europe, including trip to Netherlands
http://www.rutgersnissogroep.nl/English
Clearly all those getting pregnant shows they need to know everything
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sex ed is one of the most awkward and important things to learn.
not in holland they start early and nobody has any embarrasment or awarkardness,
its seen as a perfectly natural normal and nice part if life
sex ed is one of the most awkward and important things to learn.
SUCCESSFUL SEX ED COUNTRIES STATS AND INFO
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/factsheet/fsest.htm
http://www.nvsh.nl/english/index.htm
http://www.mistymedia.co.uk/blog/2005/09/29/dutch_sex_education/
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/up_close/letstalksex/index.html
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/up_close/letstalksex/dutch.html
http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/L/lifestuff/content/up_close/letstalksex/findoutmore.html
DUTCH SEX EDUCATION
www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/tcr/files/tcr/news/
europetour.xml#1119288090469::6998015254475574609
Blog of American sex educator on fact-finding tour roun
Tom Trindell answers:
Well… I guess why parent and teachers treat it different to other subjects because basically sex ed is one of the most awkward and important things to learn.
Let’s say you excel in it, it would just make them feel weird, knowing that you know a lot about sex, maybe even more than you should.
If you flunk it, it would just make them feel that you have no interest in ever doing it. Your parents wants kids right?
Mandy asks…
is it difficult for a 13 year old to earn his PADI Jr open water course?
and what will he do there? i am a 11 year old kid who wants to learn scuba diving but at this young age, am i suitable? What will i expect to learn?
yes and my mother allows me to learn to scuba dive in december!
Tom Trindell answers:
That all depends on the person.
Even though there are age restrictions, how the course runs doesn’t really depend on age, but how smart and mature the student is.
You may be 11 years old but if you are mature enough to pay attention in class, and follow directions well, then you will have no problem getting certified.
The certification classes are not designed to trick you or fail you so that the dive shops can make money. They are designed to teach you the basics and the safety requirements so that when you go in the open water, you don’t run in to trouble and if you do run in to problems, you won’t panic and surface with minimal injuries. If you have questions about anything, don’t be afraid to raise your hand and ask. Remember, dive masters and instructors do not want to fail you or not teach you properly so that if you get in to trouble, they don’t want it coming back to them. They are there to teach you and go over everything over and over again until you understand everything.
They will teach you how to put on and use the gear (BCD, Regulator, octopus, gauge console, mask/snorkel, weight belt, fins), what it will be like under water, how to clear your mask if it gets full of water, managing depth and what to expect under water pressure, managing bouyancy. Hand signals, how to surface, how to equalize.. And other things that you will need to know when going under water. It may sound like a lot but it really isn’t.
You will be in class for book reading and videos to watch. Then they will take you to a pool to go over exercises, and skills.
Then there will be a checkout dives, in a quarry or actually in the ocean (usually no deeper than 25 to 30 feet) and you will be certified.
Swimming isn’t important in diving. Yes you will have to swim laps in the pool and tread water for 10 to 15 minuts to show your swimming ability but once you are under water, your swimming skill is not used.
It’s fun, I have Advanced Open Water certification and I don’t dive as often as I would like to (only about 3 times a year) but still it is an awesome sport and cool skill to brag to your friends about 
Good luck.
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