Hi everyone,
I am the mom of a figure skater in her late teens. She started figure skating a few years ago and she seems to really love the sport. She always looks forward to her lessons and practicing and seems to like her coach and gets along well with other girls at the ice rink. My DD struggles with an eating disorder and it is starting to affect her lessons. (She is extremely hard on herself and is easily frustrated and irritated, resulting in unproductive lessons at times).
I am very close to pulling her out of skating because of how frustrated she gets with herself, but she insists that she really wants to continue to skate and do lessons. Has anyone here ever had a daughter that has struggled with with an eating disorder while skating? I am struggling with how I can support her skating, especially during the times when she is hard on herself, wants a specific move to be absolutely perfect, ETC.
I apologize in advance if this is a topic that cannot be discussed here, but I am interested in hearing what other skating moms / skaters might have to say.
Thank you very much,
Lona