We love water wings! Both Alex and Stephanie have been great with our daughter, who started at age 2 and really wasn't a fan of swimming. Stephanie was awesome teaching our hesitant child in baby 1 and 2. Still 2 years old, our daughter is now in tadpole class with Alex who she loves and finds very funny, and as parents we think he is a great teacher too. I've noticed he is great with all the kids and in group lessons he is able to specify his teaching to each individual child (shy, crying, non-listening etc...) and get them all to learn. We've been very happy with water wings and think it's a great place for anyone to learn how to swim!