TINA: Can you tell me anything about what’s going on with the
swimming?SON: I don’t know, Mom. I just don’t want to do it.
TINA: Are you afraid of something?
SON: I guess. I’ve just got all of these butterflies in my stomach.
TINA:
So let’s talk about those butterflies. Did you know that
your brain remembers things even when you don’t know
you’re remembering?SON: I don’t get it.
TINA:
OK. Let me say it a different way. Do you remember you
had a bad experience with swim lessons before?SON: Oh yeah.
TINA: Do you remember that place we went?
SON: They were so hard on us there.
TINA: Those were some pretty strict teachers.
SON:
They made me go off the diving board. And they dunked
my head and made me hold my breath for a long time.TINA:
It was a long time, wasn’t it? And you know what? I think
that has a lot to do with why you don’t want to go to swim
lessons now.SON: You do?
Yes. Do you know that lots of times when you do things,