i've never watched "dance moms"

[DesertFlower]

but she was on "the view" the other day and the girls performed "the last text". amazing.

apparently it won awards.

[catbyte]

1. I watched about 20 minutes of it & it's painful. LOTS of emotional abuse of kids going on

The dance teacher just loves pitting mother against child, shows blatant favoritism, and punishes the child for disputes the teacher has with the "mom". And I got all that in a very short period of time. I don't care how good they are. The conduct on the part of all adults is despicable.

[alp227]

2. sounds like they ruin what should be fun for their kids.

I wonder if they'd act that way if they didn't have cameras following 'em around all the time.

In fact, would a reality show like "Football Dads" succeed?

[winter is coming]

3. I watched it for the first (and last) time of it just the other day.

Talk about dysfunction junction! If I had a kid in this woman's class, we would have been out of there before the end of the first lesson. Life's too short to voluntarily spend time around toxic people.

[DesertFlower]

4. like i said i've never watched it.

what impressed me was the dancing, the choreography and the theme. apparently the parents were against it, but the girls wanted to do it.

it sends a powerful message. the girls begged their moms not to text and drive.

BTW. the women on "the view" gave abby lee miller a hard time about her methods.