Say,I'm not sure if this should go here,or in On Ice Parents/Coaches. But I was just wondering by majority what type of skater all our sk8ing Parents who post on the boards are Skating Parents to. If your a Skating Parent to a skater who does more then one Discipline,please mark all that apply.

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FSWer

My daughter isn't really a figure skater yet, but she has been doing Tot classes for a while now.

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Jessica

http://ilove2skate.livejournal.com/

http://www.myspace.com/sk8fabulous

My daughter does singles and tests dance. She's also begun doing some teaching.

I'm a loving and supportive skating parent

j

What type of skating parent am I? A very frustrated one!

My 10 year old daughter started off with a lot of promise, was doing really well, then just stopped working at it!!! I am loving and supportive, but sometimes it drives me nuts when we go to practise and she spends like half an hour on the ice. A quick whizz through everything and that's it

We have the same coach, who says that skating parents who skate can be the worst type, because we know too much. But also useful cos I can help her.

I encourage her to practise, and lead by example, but also let her know it's okay to not want to give it her all. After all, I was just like that at her age.

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Karen

I skate - therefore I am

I used to be a skating parent, but my daughter doesn't skate any more.

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Mrs Redboots
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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

3 on the ice: Teenage girl, test stream (working on Jr Bronze FS and skills, Sr Bronze dances); pre-teen boy, moving into competitive stream (pre-juvenile/Jr Bronze FS, working on Juvenile Freeskate, Jr Silver Skills, Sr Bronze dances); pre-school little one (working on CanSkate Stage 1!)

So, assume that I live at arenas and off-ice practices. And have the drive-thru window at every coffee outlet identified and in use.

(Now, let's see how many people from my club are able to figure out that this is me ...)

I'm more of a skating parent than the parent of a skater. My older daughter who is 6 is just about ready for alpha class when the season starts up. The younger refused to come with us this afternoon, because "I fall down". Ok, she's three and I'm hardly going to make her if she doesn't want to. Still she's covered in bruises from falling down at the playground, gotta love that preschool logic.

-Liz

Proud skating parent of a pre-juv girl.

Many years ago now, someone gave me a T-shirt which read "If more mothers skated, there would be fewer skating mothers!" So true....

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Mrs Redboots
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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

I am none of the above. My daughter who just turned 4 a few days ago is in the beta class/level.