We have a 7yr old who has hesitation around deep water. Last summer (2022) we were able to get him up on the boom 3x (2x at the lake house and once at home at our local club), each time it took a lot of discussion and persuasion and there were definitely some tears involved.
He's in the boat with me all the time spotting, he loves pretending to be skiing from a handle on the pylon (mimics dropping and arm, doing skier hand signals), he will even come in with me and ski if I hold him up on combos, but this season we cannot convince him to try on the boom again.
Our focus is all about having fun in and around the water. Working on his reluctance to be in deep water etc. As a super eager dad I want him to love skiing, but I also don't want to force him and make things worse.
Has anyone else experienced similar, any tips?