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#675 Beach Days, Not Beach Daze · Dr Justin Coulson's Happy Families

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  Speaker 1: It's the Happy Families podcast. It's the podcast for the.
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  Speaker 2: Time poor parent who just wants answers.
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  Speaker 1: Now. Hello, it's doctor Justin Coulson with Kylie, my wife
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  Speaker 1: and mom to our six daughters. I'm the co host
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  Speaker 1: an parenting expert on Channel Lane's Parental Guidance. Season two
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  Speaker 1: is coming soon and today we are going to do
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  Speaker 1: a lightning round called Beach Days. Why well, we've lived
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  Speaker 1: near the beach. We love the beach. We can't get
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  Speaker 1: enough of the beach. We've got a lot of experience
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  Speaker 1: taking our kids to the beach. It's the middle of
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  Speaker 1: summer here in Australia and summer holidays means everyone's got
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  Speaker 1: to go to the beach at least once. But we
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  Speaker 1: want you to do it safely, we want you to
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  Speaker 1: do it well, we want you to have a great
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  Speaker 1: time doing it. Just recently we had the wonderful doctor
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  Speaker 1: Anthy Rhoades from the Royal Children's Health Poll talking about
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  Speaker 1: water safety and the devastation that occurs when children slip
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  Speaker 1: into the water silently and disappear from adult view. We
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure that people are safe. So Kylie,
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  Speaker 1: here's how it's going to go. We've got about four
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  Speaker 1: and a half minutes to run through as many tips
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  Speaker 1: for parents when they're taking the kids to the beach
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  Speaker 1: as possible to make it as wonderfully, fabulously super as possible,
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  Speaker 1: but also as safe as possible. I've got a huge
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  Speaker 1: list of things because I love taking the kids to
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  Speaker 1: the beach. I think that I'm the pro and the
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  Speaker 1: family with this, but I reckon you're gonna have a
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  Speaker 1: few things to add. You're looking at me like you
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  Speaker 1: don't believe me.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to hear your list.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Number one, leave early, so you can leave early.
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  Speaker 1: What I mean by that is if you don't live
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  Speaker 1: near the beach, which has been our experience for a
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  Speaker 1: long long time. When you go to the beach and
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  Speaker 1: you leave at like nine o'clock in the morning, like
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  Speaker 1: everybody else, you sit in traffic forever as you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to get to the coast, and then you get there
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  Speaker 1: and there's nowhere to park, and then you get out
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  Speaker 1: of the beach and it's hot, and the sands sticky
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  Speaker 1: and horrible, and it's absolutely packed, and it's just not
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  Speaker 1: a very pleasant day, which is why people don't like
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  Speaker 1: going to the beach. Plus the wind is up. The
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  Speaker 1: wind is horrible at the beach. My number one tip
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  Speaker 1: is leave early, like, get to the beach around I
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  Speaker 1: don't know as early as you possibly can. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: say seven. But some people might think that that's just rude.
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  Speaker 2: Well, in Queensland, I don't think it is at all.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, But the whole idea is get there early.
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  Speaker 1: When you get there early, you get a park, but
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  Speaker 1: you also miss the heat of the sun.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but you also pretty much have the beach to
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  Speaker 2: yourself pretty much. So when you're dealing with young children,
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  Speaker 2: it's so much easier to superfice them when you're not
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  Speaker 2: having to share the beach with a bajillion other.
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  Speaker 1: People one hundred percent. And then you can also leave early,
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  Speaker 1: which means you can jump back in the car at
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  Speaker 1: about nine o'clock or ten o'clock or eleven o'clock, whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is. When everyone else is arriving after they've just
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  Speaker 1: sat in traffic for two hours to get there, and
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  Speaker 1: you're like, we've had a full day. The kids are
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  Speaker 1: absolutely zonked, whether they're two or twelve or even in
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  Speaker 1: their late teens, they're like that was great, and you
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  Speaker 1: can kind of Breathe easy, you've already had a great day,
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  Speaker 1: get home in time for lunch. You're not spending a
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  Speaker 1: fortune on food at the beach. It just works early.
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  Speaker 1: So my number one tip leave early so you can
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  Speaker 1: leave early, not that you want to leave, but if
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  Speaker 1: you're going to go, get there early so you can
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  Speaker 1: enjoy it at as best and then you can come
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  Speaker 1: home early before it's not as nice. That's that's really
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  Speaker 1: what it is. Number two, kids were young.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, my number one love for the beach with swimming caps.
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  Speaker 2: Bright colored swimming caps for the kids. I could see
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  Speaker 2: them from a mile away and I knew exactly where
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  Speaker 2: they were at all times.
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  Speaker 1: The same with the bright rashies. Right, so brilliant idea.
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  Speaker 2: Well, dogs don't They actually don't stand out as much
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  Speaker 2: as you think they will.
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  Speaker 1: But the rashes, like if you get a really glaringly
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  Speaker 1: lairy one, they can. But the swimming cap.
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  Speaker 2: And it only really works obviously for young children, because
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  Speaker 2: as soon as kids work out that no one else
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  Speaker 2: is wearing them, it's harder to convince them to wear them.
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  Speaker 1: But they may That's when you need to supervise them
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  Speaker 1: the most difference. Okay, my next tip, cool cabanas. You
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  Speaker 1: can't take mine, not sponsored, but seriously, instead of those
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  Speaker 1: beach umbrellas that blow away, and instead of the cabanas
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  Speaker 1: that are really all the.
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  Speaker 2: This is literally the best beach investment we've made.
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  Speaker 1: Yep. The smaller ones are like one hundred and fift
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  Speaker 1: two hundred bucks. The big ones a obvious a little
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  Speaker 1: bit dearer, but these things are that's They're the world's
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  Speaker 1: easiest things to put up. They give you fabulous shade.
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  Speaker 1: I love them, and I reckon that if you're going
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  Speaker 1: to go to the beach, you want one, and I.
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  Speaker 2: It's literally a two minutes setup. It is so fast
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  Speaker 2: to set up. The kids could set it up on
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  Speaker 2: their own pretty much. It's so easy to do. And
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  Speaker 2: the coverage is what I actually love the most. There
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  Speaker 2: is always a full square no matter where you are.
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  Speaker 1: Depending on the sun.
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  Speaker 2: Well, no, you might not be sitting under it, you
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  Speaker 2: might be away from it, but you've always got that
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  Speaker 2: solid square of shade.
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  Speaker 1: Which brings me my next one, which is rash shirts. Sunscreen,
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  Speaker 1: like the Australian sun is horrendously bad. A couple of
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  Speaker 1: times this summer I've been burnt because I've only been
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  Speaker 1: outside for fifteen twenty maybe thirty minutes, and haven't covered
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  Speaker 1: up properly.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you can tell that we're actually out of practice
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  Speaker 2: because we haven't lived near the beach for so long.
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  Speaker 2: Because you don't usually get burnt, but you've come home
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  Speaker 2: a number of times and I'm.
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  Speaker 1: Like, what is going on? Yeah, my bottom lip fell
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  Speaker 1: off because it got sunburned. I didn't get kissed for
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  Speaker 1: a week and a half. It was horrible. My next one, flags,
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  Speaker 1: excuse me, hello, flags and supervision. Flags and supervision, like,
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  Speaker 1: just don't turn your back on your kids, don't leave
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  Speaker 1: it to the lifeguards. Please watch your kids and make
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  Speaker 1: sure they're swimming inside in between those flags. Absolutely critical
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  Speaker 1: from a safety point of view. Just has to be done. Okay, sorry,
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  Speaker 1: I went, but it's your turn.
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  Speaker 2: Now you're going to let me talk.
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  Speaker 1: Still got a few more? Can I do my next one? No, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: when you're ready.
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  Speaker 2: We've got one dry towels, a good one, not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: any brand in particular, but just when I have six
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  Speaker 2: children that I'm dragging along to the beach and they
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  Speaker 2: all have their big fluffy towels, that's a huge amount
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  Speaker 2: of stuff I've got to carry.
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  Speaker 1: When we were stuck in Queensland because of COVID restrictions.
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  Speaker 1: A couple of years ago, we booked a holiday when
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  Speaker 1: we could finally travel again and went to the Wit
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  Speaker 1: Sundays for four or five days, and we forgot our towels.
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  Speaker 1: The only place we could find towers was in one
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  Speaker 1: of those chemists at Early Beach and they had those
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  Speaker 1: quick dry towels. Since then, you've kept them in the
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  Speaker 1: car that they get used all the time. There's such
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  Speaker 1: a brilliant purchase.
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  Speaker 2: They take up less space. So the seven tails I
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  Speaker 2: have take up less space than one fluffy towel H
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  Speaker 2: takes up. And like you said, I just keep them
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  Speaker 2: in the car and they're perfect, brilliant.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to keep you warm, Okay, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: go with I'm going to go with my next one.
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  Speaker 1: Take water and maybe even a few treats, especially if
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  Speaker 1: you've got to travel. Costs a fortune when you have
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  Speaker 1: to stop and no one wants to stop it. You
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  Speaker 1: don't have to stop at a supermarket on the way
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  Speaker 1: of the beach. Make sure you've got some stuff in
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  Speaker 1: the car, some fruits, some water, some nuts, maybe even
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  Speaker 1: a less healthy snack as well, depending on how your
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  Speaker 1: family rolls, and it just makes the trip more enjoyable.
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  Speaker 1: Choose a great playlist that everyone can agree on, and
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  Speaker 1: just get to the beach with that water because you
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  Speaker 1: will want it once you're there.
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  Speaker 2: And my last one is go with friends.
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  Speaker 1: Oh I had that?
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  Speaker 2: Always fun more fun if you've got someone to go with.
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  Speaker 2: Take a frisbee, take a cricket ball.
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  Speaker 1: And bad if you want, or yeah, excess orriz.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's always more fun and it requires less brain
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  Speaker 2: power from you as a parent if there's other people there.
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  Speaker 1: Volleyball and a soccer ball for the same purpose down
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  Speaker 1: at the beach. The kids love to kick and throw
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  Speaker 1: and hit those balls around and it's just great. I've
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  Speaker 1: got three more really quickly. We're out of time, so
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to do it very fast.
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  Speaker 2: You look at me like I told your five minute
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  Speaker 2: podcast is.
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  Speaker 1: Now we're at about seven and a half minutes. But
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  Speaker 1: don't give me a hard time about it. It's worth it.
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  Speaker 1: What are you last? Three boogie boards or surfboards, just
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  Speaker 1: even with the little kids. Take them. But as a
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  Speaker 1: follow up to that, part B of that is, don't
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  Speaker 1: push your kids into situations where they're going to be
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  Speaker 1: scared in the waves. You can push boundaries later when
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  Speaker 1: they're older and they understand how the ocean works a
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  Speaker 1: bit more. But having those boards, having the float, he's
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  Speaker 1: having something to catch waves on is such a thrill
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  Speaker 1: for kids. It's so much fun. And my last one
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  Speaker 1: is if you can pay for surfing lessons, go to
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  Speaker 1: a beach where there's a little surf school. Pay the
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  Speaker 1: small amount of money, little cost for those surfing lessons.
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  Speaker 1: The kids will become more familiar with the ocean. They'll
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  Speaker 1: get a real thrill out of writing those great big surfboards.
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  Speaker 1: You'll have somebody experienced to guide you. And I just
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  Speaker 1: think there are I think they're a great way for
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  Speaker 1: kids to enjoy the beach and take the pressure off
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  Speaker 1: you a little bit as.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and learn to read the ocean.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah maybe not on surf lesson number one, but over time, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of fun. We hope that those beach tips
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  Speaker 1: are fun for your beach days as we make our
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  Speaker 1: way through summer. Thanks so much for listening to the
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  Speaker 1: Happy Families podcast. Back tomorrow with some road trip tips
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  Speaker 1: on the Happy Families Podcast Summer series