I was thinking the same thing about my niece & nephew. I took my niece sking (who really has no in skiing) a few years ago at Abasin. Unforutanaely, my niece is not athletic and I realized I had no business teaching a non-ahletic 8 yo how to ski. Fortunately, we had a blast! My nephew, on the other hand, does want to learn (he is 5 & very athletic). Per the lesson learned with my niece, I know that they need a lesson by a pro before I ski with them. Teaching the basics is hard!!!
I tried to teach my 10 year old granddaughter this spring. She had a blast and always tells everybody how she wants to go skiing with Grandpa again, but it took me all day to get two linked turns from her. So I plan to take her to Snobahn this summer or fall so she can get a lesson from someone who knows how better than I do. This one is kind of timid and doesn't translate my instructions and demonstrations into movement as well as I had hoped, so I think having a competent instructor will be beneficial.
Her sister is four, and I think she'll catch on really fast, and I'm sure that once she gets even an inkling of the hang of things, she'll hop off the lift and take off and I'll never see her again. We're afraid to teach her to ride a bike for the same reason.
I also have grandsons, 11 and 10, that I want to teach also in the next year or so. The 2-year-old will have to wait a few years.