Mar 4, 2011

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Can You Help This Mom: When to Switc...

Can You Help This Mom: When to Switch Figure Skating Coaches

Today’s question comes from SouthernIceMom: My general question is...

Jan 26, 2011

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How Many Private Figure Skating Less...

How Many Private Figure Skating Lessons Is Normal?

Today’s question comes from reader Heather. How many private lessons per...

Jan 17, 2011

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Should Figure Skating Coaches Text T...

Should Figure Skating Coaches Text Their Figure Skaters?

Today’s post is inspired from the Positive Coaching Alliance’s Ask...

Jan 10, 2011

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You Know This Figure Skating Coach? ...

You Know This Figure Skating Coach? She’s the One Who Yells

Today’s post idea comes from the Positive Coaching Allliance (PCA). This...

Dec 14, 2010

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Ask the Ice Moms: How Much Figure Sk...

Ask the Ice Moms: How Much Figure Skating Spinning Practice is Too Much?

Reader Canadian Ice Mom sent this e-mail: I have a 13-year-old daughter who...

Dec 3, 2010

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Ask the Ice Moms: My Mom and My Figu...

Ask the Ice Moms: My Mom and My Figure Skating Coach Hate Each Other. Now What?

Reader Casey is caught between her mother and her coach. Here’s what she...

Dec 2, 2010

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Soliciting: What’s a Figure Sk...

Soliciting: What’s a Figure Skating Parent’s Responsibility?

Sharpen your pencils! Let’s take a little pop quiz: 1. Which of these is...

Nov 29, 2010

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Ask the Ice Moms: What to Give a Fig...

Ask the Ice Moms: What to Give a Figure Skating Coach for the Holidays?

Today’s question comes from reader L.M.: With the holiday season fast...

Nov 24, 2010

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The Care and Feeding of Figure Skati...

The Care and Feeding of Figure Skating Coaches

I’ve documented the frustrations of raising a teen, but the truth is:...

Nov 22, 2010

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What Parents Can Learn from Figure S...

What Parents Can Learn from Figure Skating Coaches: Failures are Opportunities

Parents often remind teens of their failures, while coaches build on those...

Nov 19, 2010

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Ask the Ice Moms: My Figure Skater&#...

Ask the Ice Moms: My Figure Skater’s Coach is Unstable

Reader B.L. is worried that her figure skater’s coach is emotionally...

Nov 15, 2010

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What Parents Can Learn from Figure S...

What Parents Can Learn from Figure Skating Coaches: Tough Love

Parents offer love to teens, while coaches offer tough love. “The...

Nov 11, 2010

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Ask the Ice Moms: Help! Jumping with...

Ask the Ice Moms: Help! Jumping with My Figure Skating Coach Terrifies Me

Today’s dilemma comes from I.T., who is terrified to let her figure...

Nov 10, 2010

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A Figure Skating Coach Should Be at ...

A Figure Skating Coach Should Be at a Skater’s Test Session, Right?

Today’s question is from an adult skater, but I think that the situation...

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