In today's YMCA many generations are employed at the same time the Silents (born before 1946), Boomers (born 1946-1963), Gen Xs (born 1964-1976) and Gen Ys (born 1977-1986). Often biases and assumptions people have arise from the time period from which they are born, and these can create overwhelming conflicts in the YMCA. All staff need to work together and utilize everyone's strengths in order to meet the mission of the YMCA. There has been a great deal of discussion in the past several years particularly about Generation Y (born 1977-1986), in the workplace. They have the reputation of being impatient, demanding and possess a sense of entitlement. They are accused of having no loyalty...
The Redwoods Group investigations into aquatic incidents discovered six major contributing factors; one was a lack of parental supervision in the pool. Parents sometimes feel that lifeguard supervision is equivalent to that of a babysitter or childwatch. More often parents want to relax by the pool and in doing so are not vigilant at watching their children. Aquatic standards recommend that in-water active parental supervision should be enforced with all non-swimmers. The most common interpretation of "active" supervision is that the parent is within arms reach of the child at all times. This may be an easy policy to put in place, but enforcing it can be difficult. First you need to...