Texana
Overreaching
I wonder if there are pageants and then there are Pageants, just as there are parents and then there are Stage Parents.
I see the same thing with dance studios, cheerleading, etc. There are cheerleading gyms where seven year olds wear midriff tops, and groups where the little ones wear cute little dresses.
My own daughters are with a pre-professional dance company and dance academy. There is no glitter make up! It is very disciplined but they work hard to have a positive atmosphere for all the dancers.
Even so, there are competitive parents and those who just get downright nasty. There are truly gifted dancers and there are good dancers, and some people get really crazy if their child is not either one, instead of finding out what their child IS good at--I don't get it. Hey, my kids are not going to be WNBA stars, but you don't see me getting ugly with the other parents about it!
There is one parent whose child is also in pageants,and she is a Stage Mom with a capital S. I hope she's not representative of all the pageant parents--but it makes me wonder.
I see the same thing with dance studios, cheerleading, etc. There are cheerleading gyms where seven year olds wear midriff tops, and groups where the little ones wear cute little dresses.
My own daughters are with a pre-professional dance company and dance academy. There is no glitter make up! It is very disciplined but they work hard to have a positive atmosphere for all the dancers.
Even so, there are competitive parents and those who just get downright nasty. There are truly gifted dancers and there are good dancers, and some people get really crazy if their child is not either one, instead of finding out what their child IS good at--I don't get it. Hey, my kids are not going to be WNBA stars, but you don't see me getting ugly with the other parents about it!
There is one parent whose child is also in pageants,and she is a Stage Mom with a capital S. I hope she's not representative of all the pageant parents--but it makes me wonder.