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    Shandra A.

    We have had a great experience with Waterbabies. My first son completed the program at age 5 and my second son is a solid level 3 swimmer at age 3. We have been really happy with the instructors. My three year old looks forward to his lesson every week. I recommend you give them a chance.

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    This review is exclusively in regards to Wendy, the owner. People involved with early childhood education need to come with a huge bag of tricks to engage, calm, gain cooperation and trust from their charges, and who understand that kids will learn more if they feel safe and supported...Wendy offers NONE of that. She is aggressive and harsh with both children and their parents and she feels it is "her way or the highway". As a point of reference, we have been continuously enrolled in Waterbabies for over 3 years and have had both our girls in classes starting when they were 1 year old. A few months back we switched classes so we could have our daughter with Kaylee (whom we love). One week Kaylee was out and Wendy was her sub. My 2.5-year-old daughter didn't take the transition to a different teacher well, and was crying for a good portion of class (characteristically, she had been the only child NOT crying in her previous classes). Wendy was so impatient and exasperated with her that a fellow parent leaned over to my husband and said, "wow, she's being mean to your little one". Fast forward to the next week and Wendy was teaching a concurrent class during my daughter's lesson. When my daughter started crying, I asked her instructor if she wanted me to go to the parent's room instead of staying on deck and Wendy answered for her (?!) and said, "yes, Mom, yes..this one is very stubborn". Then ,during class, she yelled out to my daughter "ENOUGH. STOP CRYING". The next day I reached out to Waterbabies to express my displeasure and discuss if we were going to continue our enrollment. Over the next week or so her office manager, Paige, relayed messages between the two of us where, ultimately, Wendy chalked my concerns up to philosophical differences and wouldn't agree to honor my request to NOT engage with my daughter in classes she wasn't teaching (my husband and I knew we wouldn't be having our daughter in another class being taught by Wendy). Sadly, I am one of many who has had similar experiences with her over 20 years, as evidenced here as well as on other social media sites.

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    School just closed permanently as per an email sent tonight. The teachers are amazing but the owner and manager are awful.

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    We've been coming here for years and I don't know how I never left a review. Here's a short and…read moresweet one. We first discovered Aloha Swim a little over 4 years ago with our now 7 year old son. We have our 4 year old who started a year ago. Both my boys are now comfortable swimmers and have grown so much since being taught by Amy & Joy. They're both wonderful swim coaches.

    UPDATE RESPONSE: I'm not surprised you are denying this ever happened. This is NOT a lie but you…read moreprobably don't remember as you treat children terribly all the time. Lots of unhappy parents to remember all their names. I have all the emails and proof we were at your school in 2023, his name is Ezekiel or "Zeke" and you scarred him for life. You are a horrible human being Joy. This review is long overdue- it's actually been 4 years since we were here but my child is STILL scarred from his experiences with Joy. We were swimming today in a pool and he said, "remember when Miss Joy made me get out of the pool and stand there in front of everyone." It reminded me how terrible she was and I thought I should help people out with a review. If I could give this place 0 stars, I would. Joy should not be anywhere near children, let alone teaching them. RUN, don't walk away from here with your kids. She lacks patience, kindness, and professionalism. She is skilled at swim instruction, I'll give her that- but NOT with children. She should be an adult instructor only. We had swim instruction with her for several weeks and she was VERY rude and harsh with the kids. We finally had the last straw when My son who was 4 years old at the time, (a Covid baby) and still learning to swim had a moment he has never forgotten. Joy YELLED at him and called him a "brat" when he made too big of a splash getting In the water, she made him get out of the water in front of his peers and stand there cold and crying while she made "an example" out of him. She told the other kids, "see if you misbehave like this boy, you don't get to swim." Thank God my husband stood up to her and told her how he felt as she just let my child cry on the steps. We never went back and didn't even bother asking for a refund as I knew we wouldn't get it.

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