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[quote=Anonymous]23:48 is right. I was a competitive skater until I was 9 (more than 30 years ago) and dropped out for family reasons because I would have had to cut back, and once you are in the world, you don't cut back.

If your daughter is fortunate enough to get a pro, then you will be paying her exorbitant fees, renting daily ice time, starting figures, paying for music and choreography, custom freestyle and figure skates (and if you can't get them here in your locale you will travel to get them), travel most weekends, custom skating costumes that will be dictated by the pro, etc.

My pro had us go to ice shows to meet famous skaters and network (which you will be paying for).

She also will require additional lessons. My pro first wanted us to do gymnastics, but decided it was terrible for our posture, so we had to do ballet. But, not just everyday ballet. We had to work toward passing our ballet grades if we wanted to continue. That's an entirely other competitive sport.

The other thing is your pro and her skaters will become your kid's immediate family. My parents passed me off to her most weekends and that's who you socialize with. If you've watched Dance Moms, it was like that although the parents were much more out of the way, by design. Also, my siblings hated me for a very, very long time and I don't blame them since they sat in a cold rink for 2 hours every morning.

I didn't move or go to a special school because I was only 9, but I did have permission from the principal to go in 45 min late every day and then I went back to the rink after school.

In addition to figure and freestyle competitions, and ballet, we had to do shows for the rink, so more practice and costumes.

When I quit I was excommunicated. It was like a death, for me and for them. I never set foot on a rink again until I was in college. Nobody from my pro "made it," but two people from my rink did. One of the girls in my group ended up with anorexia, which I only know about because our dads had been friends prior.

At the time I was devastated and angry, but I've come to understand that it was the best thing to happen to me. I was the one driving it all, my parents had nothing to do with it. I honestly think that's the only way to do it because it is grueling. [/quote]

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