One of the most profound experiences Meg and I had while raising our children has been scuba diving as a family. My scuba experiences began in the early 80’s. Unfortunately, as the old expression goes, “life got in the way” and well, I fell out of the sport after our careers and family took center stage. Our son earned his scuba certification as a Boy Scout when he was 12. We started to dive together soon after, and he was so entranced by everything to see, he simply forgot h

I have heard people refer to diving with children as “herding cats.” My professional mentor told me that this would happen, so I was not surprised when it eventually did. However, experiencing it for the first time was an eye-opening event. Having the knowledge ahead of time did not make it less terrifying or stressful, I can assure you. Certainly, if I felt this way what are parents diving with children feeling? There is so much to see that in some cases they are simply over