performance moms

Mother's of children who participate in the arts don't have a very good reputation, and from those that I've met, I'd say it's deservedly so.

I'd like to think that mother's of children in the arts are only acting in a child's best interest, wanting the best for their child in order to help the child achieve his/her best, but I'm not sure that's the case.

Too often I get the impression that it is the mother who is living out a failed dream through the child, or that the child has already achieved greatness and nothing else is really good enough.

Today began a three week intensive camp for advanced ballet students at the dance school where I work. "Advanced ballet students." Those of us who've worked with these kids before can certainly read between the lines as "High-strung dance moms."

Only half of the girls I met today looked as though they had an interest in dancing, the other half had moms who had an interest in dancing.