Is Dance Moms for Real?

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I;m shocked. I like acrobatic dance because Great Grandma could do what those kids on "The Next Step" do. The thing that strikes me with that show is the absence of concerned parents apart from James' Mum and we know the thing is fiction. Do parents never watch their kids dance in Canada? I love that show. It would be my one reason to return to the BBC. The kids dance so well. There are real people behind the characters and they actually show a good side to the business of dance. Then the other day someone mentioned this reality show, "Dance Moms." I am shocked. I have been glued to the screen yelling "leave those kids alone." The decorum of Victoria Balderasa outstrips the in your face stuff of Jo Jo whatever it is her surname is. As for Abby. Please tell me dance studios really have a Miss Kate figure and the whole thing is play acting. Does it help anyone to have a large woman yelling and insulting kids whether they get paid for it or not and are those Mums ever home to do the housework? It brings back memories of when I was a skating Mom. We had a few cat fights and dramas there, but at least the teachers treated the children well. Thank heavens I can only watch short snatches on Youtube or I think by now I would be in a full scale war with that Abby woman over how she treats the kids. Please someone tell me it is not real. Please someone say it is just the glorified Eastenders of Dance....