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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From OP’s post and comments, I suspect her kids are at a very expensive private school.

She and her DH are not interested in skiing at all.  She is inquiring about it because there are school ski trips and she doesn’t want her kids to be the few who don’t know how to ski.

So it’s the wrong reason for why her kids should learn how to ski.  Just don’t have them go on that particular school trip or put them in ski school for that trip and they can decide if they like it or not even.[/quote]

There is a right reason to learn to ski?

DH and I made an effort to teach our kids to ski (via ski school, not us personally) because we never learned growing up and it was a distinct social disadvantage when we became young professionals. Our large peer/professional friend group were skiers and they could ski very well. There were multiple ski trips a year, before kids of course, and we went along but weren't able to fully participate. So, we made sure to introduce the sport to our kids at a young age so they would feel more comfortable. One absolutely loves it and the other is fine with it but at least can handle the basics competently and with confidence.

The one who loves it now has a sport that he loves to do and is good at doing. And we made sure he learned it because of our own social pressure a long time ago. The reason doesn't matter at this point. Only the result.[/quote]

I’m the PP.  Why force your kids to learn a sport for social pressure?  So what if friends ski but they don’t.  You don’t need to keep up with the Jones.

The right reason is if they like the sport and want to continue learning it.

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