The thing about a kid skiing alone isn't that s/he could wind up kidnapped, though I suppose it COULD happen, it's that s/he could wander off, get disoriented, or otherwise find him or herself unable to find "home."
Not that this situation is limited to little squirts -- FOUR instances in one week up on "our" mountain where search and rescue spent hours finding folk who had gotten off the beaten path and couldn't find their ways back!
Son-in-law gave his son a stern reminder last weekend, when at the end of class, four year old was just kind of wandering away from his teacher on the way back to the "mouse house." Yes, the instructor MAYBE could have been a wee bit more on top of things, but when in a group, learning to keep their adult in sight is an important lesson for kids to learn too -- grown up eyes can only look so many directions at a time!
(SIL got lucky seeing this -- he was on his way to designated kid collection at the time)
Karen in Boise
Not that this situation is limited to little squirts -- FOUR instances in one week up on "our" mountain where search and rescue spent hours finding folk who had gotten off the beaten path and couldn't find their ways back!
Son-in-law gave his son a stern reminder last weekend, when at the end of class, four year old was just kind of wandering away from his teacher on the way back to the "mouse house." Yes, the instructor MAYBE could have been a wee bit more on top of things, but when in a group, learning to keep their adult in sight is an important lesson for kids to learn too -- grown up eyes can only look so many directions at a time!
(SIL got lucky seeing this -- he was on his way to designated kid collection at the time)
Karen in Boise