Better to just crank the bindings so they never come off. Kids bones bend, not break. (Usually).

IMO the biggest problem in teaching kids to ski is too soon, too hard, too much. If they need the...

My kid worked 2 ski jobs--teaching 4-5 year olds at Sugar Bowl and pro patrol at Squaw. He says teaching was by far the physically demanding--picking the kids up sideways was hard on his back.

Back in the day Squaw had a free rope tow for kids and a kids lift ticket--under 6 I think--was $5. Made it a lot easier to get them skiing.

It should be obvious but the requirement for putting your kids in ski school is mastery of toilet training. When my kid was teaching the 4-5's at Sugar Bowl (the youngest they taught) he had a...

My advice--don't try to teach them yourself. Put them in ski school. Ski with them if you want at the level they are handling in school--ie let them pick the runs. Do not under any circumstances take...