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Son doesn't ski much, what to do?

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My husband, daughter (8) and I like to ski. It is not my 10 1/2 year old son's favorite thing to do. He is also behind us in skill level. Next year or so we want to ski out west. Do any of you have this type of problem when 1 of your children aren't too keen on a sport the rest of the family likes? Do you have suggestions what to do with him?

At a big resort like in the west, at what age would you leave your child in the ski lodge with a computer, which he could easily spend all day on? What about in the timeshare? If he brought a friend, at what age would you leave 2 boys alone?

We have no relatives that live in the area (NJ) so he would have to stay with friends (?) or fly to grandparents (expense, lots of trouble).

Just thinking ahead for my options in case he wouldn't ski all the time with us or wouldn't go on certain trails like the bowls which my daughter would love.
Thanks!
 

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Well, next year he'll be 11 1/2? I would leave a kid of that age alone in a timeshare room for a few hours in the daytime, if he's reasonably responsible. You might arrange to have one parent come back to have lunch with him. I don't ski either, so I'm not sure how it works--do you stay out all day from early in the morning till late in the evening?

Of course you're talking about a week of alone time, and that's a lot. Do some ski timeshares have indoor activities for kids?
 

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Has he ever tried to snowboard? Two of my sons snowboard and there is alot to do on the terrrain parks that is completely different from downhill skiing. We were just at Breck/keystone over New Years and saw many more snowboarders that age than skiers--maybe he could take a lesson or try it somewhere near where you live this winter. My husband, oldest son (22) and 9 yr old daughter all downhill ski --we just checked on each other and used cell phones to keep in touch w/everyone. We had an awesome vacation. Dawn
 

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My first response is : What is it about skiing that he doesn't like? The cold, the outdoors, the fact that he can't keep up? Knowing why he doesn't like it would help to answer your questions, IMO.
 

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My first response is : What is it about skiing that he doesn't like? The cold, the outdoors, the fact that he can't keep up? Knowing why he doesn't like it would help to answer your questions, IMO.
If it's the fact that he can't keep up, lessons could be the answer. A half day lesson each day with the afternoon free for him to spend on the computer might suit everyone.
 

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Has he ever tried to snowboard? Two of my sons snowboard and there is alot to do on the terrrain parks that is completely different from downhill skiing. We were just at Breck/keystone over New Years and saw many more snowboarders that age than skiers--maybe he could take a lesson or try it somewhere near where you live this winter. My husband, oldest son (22) and 9 yr old daughter all downhill ski --we just checked on each other and used cell phones to keep in touch w/everyone. We had an awesome vacation. Dawn

The snowboarding was a hit with my son and his friend, here in Australia. We booked them both into lessons and they loved it - all the participants were young and so were the instructors. The boys thought they were "cool" being part of the younger set rather than with the skiers who were generally older. We had our free time whilst the boys were being supervised and then kept in touch by cell phone. Choose a friend who is keen on the activities you would like to promote to your son - that helps to keep everyone happy.
 

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Would he be happier staying home with grandparents or responsible friends?
 

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If it's the fact that he can't keep up, lessons could be the answer. A half day lesson each day with the afternoon free for him to spend on the computer might suit everyone.

Yes, that's exactly why I was asking.
 

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My husband, daughter (8) and I like to ski. It is not my 10 1/2 year old son's favorite thing to do. He is also behind us in skill level. Next year or so we want to ski out west. Do any of you have this type of problem when 1 of your children aren't too keen on a sport the rest of the family likes? Do you have suggestions what to do with him?

At a big resort like in the west, at what age would you leave your child in the ski lodge with a computer, which he could easily spend all day on? What about in the timeshare? If he brought a friend, at what age would you leave 2 boys alone?

We have no relatives that live in the area (NJ) so he would have to stay with friends (?) or fly to grandparents (expense, lots of trouble).

Just thinking ahead for my options in case he wouldn't ski all the time with us or wouldn't go on certain trails like the bowls which my daughter would love.
Thanks!

If you stay at a resort such as Marriott's Mountainside in Park City...which is literally at the foot of the mountain...it wouldn't be too bad. If he wasn't skiing, you could ski right down and join him for lunch. Or just to check on him. The pool area looks right out onto the ski lift and bottom of the slopes. So he wouldn't feel overly isolated if you were skiing at Park City Mountain Resort.

Steve
 

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You mentioned taking a friend. Why not take an older friend or family member who has similar interests and can take him to do other activities while you guys are on the slopes.

Our kids are 7 years apart so when they were younger we always took a babysitter along. It does add to the expense of the trip, but we felt it was really a necessity to be able to do everything we wanted with both kids. Especially if you are going to an area you may not return to. That way we could eat at that awesome restaurant we didn't want to miss as well.

Now that they are older, they just know they are going to have to suffer through some things that may not interest them when we head out on a family vacation.

Hope you guys have a great time!

Cindy

PS. our son(18) doesn't like to ski either...hates the cold, but we can't keep our daughter(11) off the slopes in the winter.
 

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I'm with Judy (post 5) on this. After all, it's a family SKI vacation. I'd also explore with him if he'd be interested in snowboarding, but at least half a day should be doing something outdoors. There's plenty of life left to sit in front of a computer.
This said, I started skiing about age 5- or 6 with lessons provided by my parents until I could support my ski habit myself. That what a kid growing up in Idaho did in the 50's.

Jim Ricks
 

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Thank you for all the responses and ideas. I will definately ask him "what about skiing he's not so keen on" as well as trying the snowboarding option.
 

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We have an 8-year-old, a 5-year-old, and a 2-year-old.

The two oldest are good enough skiers that they can ski anything blue and easy blacks. They ski all day with us (thank goodness no more expensive lessons).

But there are days they don't want to.

On those days, we tell them to suck it up. They do.
 

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Another 11 year old

I definately would not take another 11 year old and leave them alone. Yours would be okay, but adding another would cause trouble.

JMHO
Nancy
 
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