Ok: heres my answer to the link below!! (Yes, Im a little passionate... ) Miss Erin…. Maybe it’s just me, but what exactly IS a ‘Dance Mom’? I don’t watch much tv… Ours is in the family room, and as a studio owner I get in late, eat dinner and check my email, Facebook and go to bed. (No TVs in bedrooms) My mom was, I guess, in the best sense of the word, a ‘dance mom.’ In 1966, she was the one who designed the costumes, made the patterns, hand sewed the sequins and taught the other moms. She was backstage when I took my first step on stage, did a high kick and landed on my bottom… Ran out at the roar. She drove me to every class, worried when I became a pro at 16, worked on cruise shops at 17, moved to NYC at 18 and applauded me on broadway at 22. Never pushed, was always there for me. Fast forward to now: I pick up my 10 year old from school at 3:45 praying I have everything he needs to sit at the studio while I work: a snack, drink, books to read, his homework and iPad. I’ve already spent the day teaching a morning class, emails, syllabus, choreography and marketing… Forget my students getting to class on time, or ‘at least 15 minutes early’… I hope I am. Some days I drop him at karate before I teach… Ummm, no, I’m usually not 15 minutes early. Sometimes my husband has to work late so he’s late picking him up from the studio, so he doesn’t get his full rest. I spend my day off, Sunday, cooking meals for the week…. Sometimes he has to have grilled cheese (but I did make pesto from my garden today… And I do ‘tend a garden.’) and some days he and my husband grab pizza. I pack hair ties… LOTS!!! In my dance bag for little girls whose moms work…. And big girls who forget them. I have a son, so I’m not good at girls’ hair, but it needs to be back from their face to take my class. We live in an affluent area, and I enforce a dress code… But I give a couple weeks to children who don’t have the right leotard, shoes, or tights… To commit and get it right. Body conscious clothing is important so I can see their lines and correct, as is uniformity… But more important is that they get into class and dance… We’ll work the rest out later. And just maybe they need to buy shoes a bit large to last a while… Ok, not optimal, but you buy what you can afford for your children to be better than you are / were. Erin… (The ‘Miss’ kinda creeps me out here…) I think you are ‘Missing’ the point here. Be glad… For every day you can dance, every child you can teach. We are so lucky… To have a career based on so much history, and physical joy. And a bit of personal advice: never try to advise on parenting until you’re a parent yourself. Even with the best of intentions…. It’s daunting.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 04:53:24 +0000
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