floatingyardsale
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
@floatingyardsale - It appears that you've been spending hours on the magic carpet and do not scream at your kids after bringing them on terrain they can't ski. I imagine you won't get many arguments here. Surely you've seen the tiny kids on leashes on ridiculously steep trails? Or in a wedge on a steep black? The red-faced dads bellowing at their kids? I think these examples prompted our responses, and certainly mine.
I had the experience as an older adult of being terrified/paralyzed (while speeding downhill) on a trail I was told was easy (despite its blue square), having someone (who shall remain nameless) scream at me, "Finish your turns!" (Major yard sale followed.) I'm glad it didn't happen to me as a young child, or I might have quit right there. Wow, my heart rate goes up just remembering.
Maybe the name of this thread over-generalizes a bit.
Oh, to be clear, I take myself to be disagreeing only mildly - and I'm glad to have this discussion, because I don't want my kids to be in the way of someone else's good day, and it's hard to tell what looks like a problem from the outside. And we've had our share of dumb moves (let me tell you about the time the 4yo did not stop when her brother wiped out...)
But definitely on team no leashes on the blue runs. I've used them on the bunny hill and greens but man, those things just seem like they're asking for tangled trouble.