The top 10 lessons I learned as a synchronized skating parent

When I started on this journey all those years ago, I knew very little. I knew that figure skating was in the Olympics every 4 years, that it was under a mysterious judging system called 6.0, and that skaters like Michelle Kwan and Kristi Yamaguchi were superstars. I guess it’s fair to say I’ve learned …

How it all began

It all seemed so innocent at the beginning. My mom thinks that the day during a Christmas family gathering that she put my daughter on the ice, with just her tiny gym shoes and her two older cousins holding her up, was a day that shaped her future. My daughter got “slid” around the ice …