I am speechless... well maybe government forced condoms is a good thing after all with moms like these.
This show should be called:
“Mommies with major insecurites using their daughters to soothe their warped egos”
As a former competitive dancer, I experienced the same things. The costumes may change, dances were different, but the pathetic moms and attempts at one-upmanship NEVER change. Our coaches, at least, were very decent women.
Some of my former teammates are still close friends all these years later, and yet our mothers have the same issues they had when we were kids. ALL of us have put hundreds of miles between our mothers and our growing families. As these daughters on “Dance Moms” grow up, they will probably do the same.
Living vicariously through your kid...it’s not very different than the baseball dads I see freaking out at my son’s Little League games. It’s so screwed up.
They ought to take this crowd to a Special Olympics Cheerleading Competition (or any SO Event). It’s so humbling, yet heartwarming. There’s no nastiness or backbiting, either. These teams root for eachother, congratulate their competitors....as a first year volunteer coach, it was an eye-opener for me.
For the participants, winning is great, but just being there was a wonderful, exciting & congenial experience. In all my years of “cut-throat” competition, bringing home big trophies and bragging rights, it was nothing compared to the what I experienced with our Special Olympics group.