melannen: Commander Valentine of Alpha Squad Seven, a red-haired female Nick Fury in space, smoking contemplatively (0)
melannen ([personal profile] melannen) wrote in [community profile] agonyaunt 2024-08-28 02:50 pm (UTC)

I wonder if the problem here is "ski vacation" or if it's "being forced to ski" or if it's "feeling like your family just wants to ski all the time and resent you for asking them to do other stuff on the trip".

LW, 13 is old enough to be left alone for a few hours at a stretch. Surely a kid whose idea of a great vacation is sitting in the sun on a beach reading could be induced to enjoy sitting by the fire in a ski lodge reading? Find a place to ski that is OK with a thirteen-year-old being unattended in the lodge, leave her food money, and enjoy the skiing.

(And, on that note, maybe plan a beach vacation where she can be left to sit in the sun and read - assuming you trust her not to go swimming alone if told not to- while the rest of you try waterskiing and wakeboarding. If you don't want her to be alone on the beach, find a rental with a fenced pool with a view of the water.)

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