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[Kachina624]

I would never allow my child to be spoken to or treated in the manner of this "teacher". It's child abuse, pure and simple.

[JustJules]

On 1/23/2014 upsidedown said:

This show is LifeTime's version of TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras....desperate mothers living vicariously through their daughters even if it means subjecting them to all sorts of verbal, physical, and emotional abuse.

I would love to see a follow up show in a few years to see how many of these girls on Dance Moms are in therapy. As the name indicates....it's all about the moms!

You said it perfectly. It is more important for their daughters to be on TV and get some sort of notoriety than it is to stand up to a bullying beast of an instructor. She makes me laugh too, wonder when the last time was that she actually danced. I took dance classes for 13 years, my parents sat through hundreds of hours of recitals, and they never would have allowed me to be in a dance academy where I was verbally abused. The world of professional dance is brutal, and I'm sure these moms all hope their daughters will be recognized and break through to become famous, but the odds are against most. I feel sorry for the young girls, their moms are mostly embarrassing and their teacher is a task master. Dance is supposed to be joyful.

[muttmom]

Most of the mothers come across as less than educated but one has a doctorate and was a principal. She constantly complains that Abby favors the other girls over her daughter. I do not think her daughter is nearly as good as some of the others. Maddie is extremely talented but the others do not have the same level of talent.