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re: What’s the end goal for parents who put their kids into competitive dance?

Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:16 pm to
Posted by Cracker
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:16 pm to
Pissing away a ton of money
Pissing off relatives to come see the idiot dance
And the kid will be bald when she is 25 from the stupid hair styles
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:17 pm to
I never thought of it as similar to being on a sports team that actually makes some sense

I’m glad I have boys I’d rather spend all my time and money watching my kid plays basketball rather than be stuck at a dance competition with screaming little girls everywhere
Posted by GreenRockTiger
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:18 pm to
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I’m glad I have boys I’d rather spend all my time and money watching my kid plays basketball rather than be stuck at a dance competition with screaming little girls everywhere
bc there are no screaming little boys at the basketball games?!?!
Posted by WDE24
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:19 pm to
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bc there are no screaming little boys at the basketball games?!?!
No, not usually
Posted by Tiger1242
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:19 pm to
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bc there are no screaming little boys at the basketball games?!?!

Right they are all very calm and stoic
Posted by GreenRockTiger
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:21 pm to
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No, not usually
once they get to middle school they will scream and have fist fights - which is entertaining NGL
Posted by WDE24
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:23 pm to
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once they get to middle school they will scream and have fist fights
I couldn’t hear them because I was yelling at the refs and challenging them to fist fights
Posted by bigberg2000
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:24 pm to
My niece did it her whole life. Basically it was just the girls that didn’t play sports. Gave them something to compete for and an activity to do after school. You are over thinking this.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:26 pm to
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I couldn’t hear them because I was yelling at the refs and challenging them to fist fights
are you my dad?

Nothing more embarrassing than getting a technical foul bc of your dad
Posted by Modern
Fiddy Men
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:27 pm to
To get the sticker on the back of the SUV, and show off at work.
Posted by DaBeerz
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:27 pm to
Golden girls
Posted by greygoose
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:28 pm to
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What’s the end goal for parents who put their kids into competitive dance?
Obviously, to produce a future crop of Aggie athletes and cheerleaders!
Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:31 pm to
I know a family that pulled their kid out of school and started homeschooling them for dance.

I asked the dad, a friend, the same question. He said “I don’t know”

Posted by Dupont3
Keithville
Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:33 pm to
Good question. Daughter currently takes 3 dance classes a week (ballet, jazz, tap). She loves it and if we let her she would be on the “competitive team”. I don’t see the point in dragging our family across the south for someone who can’t read yet so that they can dance for 6 minutes a weekend.
The only upside that young is that the better teachers are normally with the “team” classes so that could play dividends down the road.

The end goal is just like any of the travel sports is so that the parents can live through their kids.
Posted by Will Cover
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:34 pm to
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I’m glad I have boys I’d rather spend all my time and money watching my kid plays basketball rather than be stuck at a dance competition with screaming little girls everywhere


I have two daughters, and one has been dancing now for 14 years, and the other 11 years. It's what I know, and I don't mind it.

I don't understand all the technical aspects of it, and I never will, but I will always be there to support them, because that is what they will remember most.

It is my hope that their future husbands will do the same for their children, because it does matter.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:35 pm to
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it can potentially be a money ploy by the dance company


Most of the dance companies charge a lot of money and they want a real commitment.

Ive got several friends and relatives who have/had daughters in dance. One had a daughter that won junior miss (or whatever they are calling it now). But all of them say it was very expensive, time consuming, and they hate it.

When i was a young, i knew some girls that were dancers. One became a dancer at disneyworld when we were still kids, but she was incredible at that irish step dancing stuff. Some of the other ones went to work on the pole.
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:35 pm to
So the kid will be competitive and dance.
Posted by SECSolomonGrundy
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:38 pm to
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there are no screaming little boys at the basketball games?!?!



How about a wrestling tournament? All of them are crying. And the parents are pissed because the kids are crying. Kinda hilarious if you can bear the sound of it.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:39 pm to
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How about a wrestling tournament? All of them are crying
yeah, it’s awful
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 1/8/24 at 9:39 pm to
They have a desire to spend 6 hours of their Saturday watching costume changes... then another 3 hours watching the awards be handed out for those costume changes.

Source: my little sister was in that shite
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