Kids losing interest in skiing

[Grassi21]

i just thought of a new drinking game.

tonight, i'm going to buy a 12 pack and everytime you mention lacrosse, that you played lacrosse or you coach lacrosse, i have to take a drink.

I'll be bombed in a half an hour i bet......:lol:

you know, when i played lacrosse in HS and college we often played drinking games post-game. man lacrosse is great!

 

[drjeff]

Let me take a stab in the dark here based on your signature and you're '08-'09 days and your location in the sig too. Have your kids had/seemed to have more fun on the hill at Mountain Creek than your road trip ski days??? Sometimes the on hill fun that they may be having may be trounced by the parental presence factor (I'm unfortunately already starting to see this with my 5 year old ) Just don't force them to have fun (or atleast let you have fun in their presence), because even if they choose to take a few seasons off, 98% of the time they will come back to it, and thank you for getting them started!

I actually don't have any children yet. I was just trying to put in my $.02 from my childhood experience.

Uhm.....he wasn't the OP...

Oops, my bad That's what I get for trying to reply to a post AND talk with my office accountant on the phone simultaneously

 

[SkiDork]

another question: What is their overall level of fitness?

 

[hammer]

another question: What is their overall level of fitness?

Compared to kids their own age...I'd say average to below, although they are both thin. Neither of them are into after school sports and aside from rec soccer we don't push it much.

Compared to Dad...I get to work outs about 2x a week and I still can't keep up. :???:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

not all kids are into sports..some just want to stay at home and watch TV..parents should let kids do what they like..

 

[Euler]

not all kids are into sports..some just want to stay at home and watch TV..parents should let kids do what they like..

-1

While I like to give my kids lots of choices, watching TV for more than 1/2 hour a day on average is not a choice I give them. Fitness and healthy activities can take a lot of forms, but I do think parents have some responsibility to ensure their kids stay active in some way. That's from the perspective of a parent of an 8 and 11 yr old...with a teenager I think I could prohibit too much screen time at home, but I dont think I'd be able to insist on the physical activity anymore. I just hope my kids will have decided that playing outside (hiking/skiing/paddling/swimming/etc) is a lot of fun by that time!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

-1

While I like to give my kids lots of choices, watching TV for more than 1/2 hour a day on average is not a choice I give them. Fitness and healthy activities can take a lot of forms, but I do think parents have some responsibility to ensure their kids stay active in some way. That's from the perspective of a parent of an 8 and 11 yr old...with a teenager I think I could prohibit too much screen time at home, but I dont think I'd be able to insist on the physical activity anymore. I just hope my kids will have decided that playing outside (hiking/skiing/paddling/swimming/etc) is a lot of fun by that time!

I watched alot of TV growing up and I turned out fine..:blink:When and if U ever have kids, if they want to go skiing with me, that's cool and if they want to sit at home and watch cartoons, that will be cool as well.

 

[icedtea]

not all kids are into sports..some just want to stay at home and watch TV..parents should let kids do what they like..

you know there is a severe childhood obesity problem.

 

[billski]

I was wondering if anyone has had to deal with this problem, and if so, what they have done that works...

My 16YO son is OK with skiing, but gets bored easily...I think the best approach for him is to get to more new places. My 12YO daughter, however, is starting to hate going on ski trips with us...she took a rough fall last year at Sunapee (face plant into ice/granular) and, when we go out now, she will do maybe a few runs and then will outright refuse to go out. She went in the school ski program for a few years and can do reasonably well...I have seen her do good parallel skidded turns. Recently, however, when she skis all she does is go into a power wedge and refuses to turn, even though she has been told that she needs to turn if she is concerned about keeping her speed down.

I like to go on ski trips with the family, but the kids' attitudes definitely reduce the fun factor...:-?

I can give you my experience. I have 3 girls, 13, 17 and 19. Boys are definitely different. Girls are definitely more into the social aspect than the athletic/competitive stuff. All skiing since they were 4YO. The older two have been unenthusiastic about it since hanging out with their parents wasn't (and still isn't) cool. So we always did one trip a year as a family. The oldest would ski for a while then just hang in the lodge. But she was with us. I tried breaking it up, sometimes it helps with a little 1-1 time. I then took the oldest and started doing things that were more unusual. I try to take them into the woods more, get into jumps and make it more interesting. they enjoy that, finding the groomers pretty boring. the oldest two are pretty capable skiers. The middle daughter is the the athlete in the house.. She tried boarding for a season, went back to skiing. She likes team sports. She also has made it very clear she doesn't like the cold. That's a hard nut to crack.

It definitely would be better if they had friends that skied. When we found friends that skied, they were at a beginner level and my girls didn't want to spend all day on the bunny hill with them.

The youngest is the least skilled and requires the most green-trail time, but is still enthusiastic about the sport. We're going to do a 1-1 thing Saturday. Sometimes getting out with kids separately from the whole family can be fun. Maybe break up the trip, you and one go off this way, mom and the other go another way. It could be the attention they need.

For girls getting up early is a HUGE problem once they hit puberty (read your 12YO). I think they would much prefer night skiing, but that's not my thing. Not every parent run their home like a master seargant, you can't expect to do it differently on the slopes.

I also take their queues and try other "fun" things like waffles, food, breaks. Sometimes cutting the day short, coming late, taking extra breaks, or simply playing in the snow. You just have to keep experimenting with all the variables.

 

[SkiDork]

you know there is a severe childhood obesity problem.

are you aware of the ongoing cholestorol problem in the country?

 

[billski]

visa-vis my friend who has 2 college age boys, one girl.
The 2 boys come home on break and always want to go skiing. The daughter not. Go figure.
Some of it is the gender, some is the age, some lack of money, some the relationship. But teenage years are full of a million variables. You've taught them a skill they will have for life. It's up to them to employ it. You can keep inviting them, but you can't force them.
This year we go on the family trip less one college-age daughter. It will be different. It gets very different from here on it.

 

[billski]

are you aware of the ongoing cholestorol problem in the country?

No I didn't. But that picture makes you look a lot older 8)
You should consider more jewelry. :blink:

 

[hammer]

It definitely would be better if they had friends that skied

We've brought friends along for 2 trips this year and will have my daughter invite someone for our last planned family trip as well. The last two times we had a friend along, my daughter and her friend would spend most of the time in the lodge. This would have been OK but the lodge would get crowded and then they would start complaining...:-x

 

[jack97]

We've brought friends along for 2 trips this year and will have my daughter invite someone for our last planned family trip as well. The last two times we had a friend along, my daughter and her friend would spend most of the time in the lodge. This would have been OK but the lodge would get crowded and then they would start complaining...:-x

tell her to bring another friend.

 

[thorski]

Tell your kids they are going to start going to church on sundays instead of skiing.
I bet they will stop complaining about skiing.

 

[hammer]

Tell your kids they are going to start going to church on sundays instead of skiing.
I bet they will stop complaining about skiing.

Won't work...we still go to church too, thanks to Saturday afternoon Mass...

 

[4aprice]

Way to go. You're just going to confuse the poor kid with activities that conflict. Spring is for moguls, not throwing a ball around with a silly stick.

That's so true. I hate rec leagues. There trying to get baseball workouts already.

I'm lucky my son is into skiing maybe more then me. He thinks skiing in July. I told him if he actually won a J4 race I'd send him to Mt Hood summer camp. He's come 10 places from me having to pay up.

My daughter like others have said likes skiing but also likes her social life. My mother lives in the area and we never forced her to go on family ski trips so she stayed home a couple of times. But she still came on many (and all of our western trips). My wife once asked her "How long did she think she would continue to go on trips with us.?" She said "As long as you go someplace interesting". She's never had friends who really skied. This year she became a Junior Instructor at Camelback making some money and is loving it. It will be interesting to see what happens when she gets her license which is closer then I like thinking about.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[mondeo]

Way to go. You're just going to confuse the poor kid with activities that conflict. Spring is for moguls, not throwing a ball around with a silly stick.

Junior year in high school, I didn't throw a ball around with a stick because I broke my collarbone skiing moguls.

But really, spring weekdays are for throwing a ball around with a stick, spring weekends are for moguls.

 

[awf170]

I watched alot of TV growing up and I turned out fine..:blink:

No you didn't. You're fat.

 

[psyflyer]

Snowforecast.com is calling 6-11 inches for Burke Mt. My weather source here in town is calling 1 foot when everything said and done. Seems the rain will stay south of us for now, really hoping that is the case.