Mammabear

Thanks so much for all your comments, I just needed a little vent. i am planning on giving her a couple of weeks to see how she feels and take it from there. i think that peer pressure from non dancing friends and boyfriend are playing a major part in her decision. The social media argument was down to her responding to messages from strangers on snap chat, the argument descended into her wanting to be a normal teenager and announcing that she no longer wants to dance professionally. I am just so floored as she was over the moon about getting offers from dance school. She now tells me she lost her love of dance a year ago and hoped it would return. Incredibly she still wants to go to SA’s which is a 5 and half hour round trip train journey every week! She’s dancing at a festival this week and was adamant that she would compete in all dances, I just want her enjoy this week x

My DD told me yesterday that she wants to quit dance, she’s 15 years old and is half way through the audition rounds for upper school (she has two offers and one audition left to do). The revelation came after an argument about social media. I though she might change her mind if she slept on it but today she is still adamant. i have given her numerous opportunities to step back from dance, in fact for the past two years I have tried to reduce her dance hours but she was determined to become a dancer and fought to keep her dance. She dropped the bombshell that there is a boy she really likes and they have been “talking” since January. If she really doesn’t want to dance I will be disappointed that she let things get this far but will support her regardless but I’m concerned that this is a rash decision made on a whim. I really don’t know how to handle this 😢