 Poster: A snowHead
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One of my friends wants to go skiing with her husband and son. Her husband can ski, but she and her son are both absolute beginners. Her son will be six when they go skiing, and she wants to be in a ski school group with him.
Does anyone know any ski schools that do mixed parent and child groups?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is she mad, by any chance? Why would anyone want to be in a class of kids? More seriously, I suspect that teaching techniques which are effective with 6 y.o.s will not be effective with their mums, and anyway, the 6y.os will all be doing blacks by the end of day 3. I would expect everyone to have a better time if they split up for the lessons and get together for practising what they've learnt. Still, what do I know? I'm not an instructor.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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richmond, that was my thought too.
Kramer, maybe, if they really want to do it this way then private 1:2 tuition would be better.
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richmond, mildy eccentric, yes. I did explain to her that most people wanted to get away from their kids when skiing, but she is adamant, and also doesn't think that he would go to ski school on his own.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Kramer, I don't think any ski school wil take either an adult in a kids group or a 6 year old in an adult group, (you cannot expect to get special treatment at rock bottom prices) but she can always book family private lessons - then it's her choice to be taught about pizza and chips and tippy toes, and skiing like a bunny rabbit or a chimpanzee or whatever. I do family lessons on request, but they are difficult and you have to make it very clear to the parent/s right at the start that for the duration of the lesson they are not parents, but just another kiddie! You also often have to sit hard on them not to help said kid up when they fall, dry their eyes when they cry etc. You also have to be dead hard with the kid who'll expect their parents to behave like this. Very wearing.
I think it's one thing for a one off lesson, but another for a whole week. Show her this post
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easiski, thanks for that, I've passed the message on.
For some reason I seem to have recommended Wengen as a destination. 
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little tiger, thanks for that.
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Kramer, Give her a slap, tell her to cut the kid some slack. Could anything be worse for instructor or child than some overprotective "mummy" in the vicinity. There is nothing that would benefit either party if her wishes were fulfilled. Whilst your at it make sure to tell Dad that to escort them to lessons but then he must vacate the area at high speed.
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Kramer, Soldeu - Andorra have family ski school groups
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Kramer, In answer to your question ESSF ( Swiss ski school ) in Nendaz and all the other schools there seem to make a big deal of Family/Friend lessons. We tried one ... disastrous, my daughter suggested she would rather ski alone than have her Dad with her whilst learning.
Should have added - the instructor also admitted that he thought it was a bad idea to mix Parents and Kids as they do not really want to be together and he tends to teach different age groups differently ( which is what easiski has already said
Tell her to forget it ... and leave the kid alone.
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You know it makes sense.
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Kramer, I see that your friend doesn't think that her son would go to ski school on his own - whyever not? doesn't he go to school on his own? If he's 6 he must do. Last week I had 2 families who had the small children in ski school. After the first day they hated it and tried to refuse to go on the second day. The parents insisted and it was better, by the end of the third day they couldn't wait. I can't believe that parents will be held hostage by small children - whos the boss???
Tell her to get on with it.!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I took an 9 year old nephew on a family group holiday. He had skied quite bit on a dry slope, but had few lessons. The deal was that he went to ski school in the morning and we would muck around together in the afternoons. After day 1, when we had given priority to helping him have a fun afternoon, he decided he wouldn go back to ski school the next morning, and wanted to ski with us. I couldn't "force" him to go (though I probably would have done if he had been mine) but reminded him of the deal and said that he certainly didn't have to go to ski school if it was so horrible, but the alternative was to spend the morning watching ancient videos in the ramshackle kids room of the cheap chalet hotel we were staying in. He did so, and had an incredibly boring morning. Next day he went back to ski school and was fine for the rest of the week. I think the key thing is not to "reward" the refusal to go to ski school by giving them a more immediately appealing alternative. And with a 6 year old you can negotiate that in advance (four year olds are different...)
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