I have to disagree here. In my opinion skiing should be more about having fun for beginner youngsters.^^^ This. This. This. This!
No poles yet. No No No.
No to steeper terrain. He'll go even wider in his stance because he's using it now to slow down.
No to trees no to bumps - until his stance is narrower, almost parallel between turns.
Work on controlling speed by completing turns on these groomers. Completing turns means going across the hill towards trees at the end of every single turn.
Once he "gets" that going across the trail will slow him down, work on getting those skis parallell between turns.
The only way to do that is to stand on the downhill ski between turns and move the uphill one to parallel. Work on that with him. Change instructors if you can't get this one to get him more parallel right now.
When he can get parallel between turns, then he's ready for new terrain. Let it be a reward.
I agree on the no poles yet though.
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