Last year my then 3 year old started a ballet & tumbling class. She loved it 30 minutes a week I can handle this. January comes around & the talk of an upcoming recital/showcase was brought up. Great sounds so cute. Then picking out music & costumes head pieces oh my.. This is when I started thinking oh my this is new! The girls started practicing their dance great they were so sweet learning it.
As the big day got closer more info was handed out, picture order forms, t-shirts to buy, video's to purchase new shoes & tights to be bought, geez.. The song they were dancing to was 1:52. The morning of the show I got my first look into the world I spoke openly about dis-liking. Dance/cheer moms!!! Little girls with more make-up then me on a night out in my 20's. Glitter hair spray & body gel. Hair pieces what the hell have I done. Pictures & practice over I drove home to tell my husband what I had just seen. My daughter had a little bit of eye shadow, lip-gloss on & blush on. I was just in awe, me speechless!
The night of the show we got to there for the performance. I nearly fell over when walking into the dressing room. The smell of hair spray led the way. I walked into the room to heavier makeup than I had seen that morning if it was possible. Again feeling like my baby was the odd one for not looking like a 20 year old. These little girls with the spray tan hair pieces eye shadow not being able to blink I felt like I was in another world. What was I subjecting my baby too. Little girls crying because their mom's pulled their hair or poked them with a pin. And most of them are mean to each other talking behind each other back's picking out wrong moves they make. I just sat & observed while in the dressing room with my daughter & one of the girls in her class. All I could do was soak it in.
The make-up was just over the top. I AM NOT JOKING AT ALL WHEN I SAY these girls could not blink the make-up was beyond anything I can say I have ever seen before. All of these kids are beautiful and extremely talented I just don't get why the make-up. It sure isn't going to help them do a better piles or back round house no not at all. I don't know if this is the mom's doing that started this craziness or the society that we live in over sexualizing little girls! But I'm feeling wrong about being a part of this scene in anyway.
Two things became apparent last night, I am no dance mom. My daughter loves ballet..
