Originally Posted by Sofa King (Post 6758234)

REPOST!!!

i already had this posted in the EPIC FAIL thread... where it belongs...

Originally Posted by Omaha (Post 6758856)

Yes! Well said! I feel dirty for watching it.

Originally Posted by Laz (Post 6758878)

you shouldn't feel dirty unless you actually had sexual thoughts :spock:

i watched it and it didn't look sexy at all to me inappropriate for girls so young but not sexy ... no "dirty" feelings here.


so lets discuss your relationship with your mother ....

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Originally Posted by Buck (Post 6758233)

JFC.

Isn't there some kind of decency code at these dancing events?

Originally Posted by KevB (Post 6758804)

My daughter dances competitively, and this isn't all that unusual. It's a bit more over the top in terms of costume/song/moves, but where do you guys think college dance team participants come from? Are all of them going to be strippers too? In the same way that boys are more and more competitive at younger ages in sports, girls in dance, gymnastics, etc. are the same. It's hard to find the line that is too over the top IMO. My daughter hasn't gotten close to the point of this video, but I've seen some along these lines and while it bothers me, where's the line? In terms of working to get better -someone mentioned the amount of work this would take - again, where's the line? Is it one night a week? 4 nights? When your child loves what she's doing and wants to practice and get better....how much is too much?

I'm curious how many that have commented have children around this age? I'm not criticizing everyone's opinion by any means, and I agree with many. But as a parent in this day and age, these are some of the things that we're challenged with and it's not an easy gig.

Originally Posted by Predarat (Post 6758899)

I bet Kayne West likes that video.

Originally Posted by Param (Post 6758900)

I don't see a problem with it. Girls looked like they were having fun doing the dance routine.

Originally Posted by KevB (Post 6758804)

My daughter dances competitively, and this isn't all that unusual. It's a bit more over the top in terms of costume/song/moves, but where do you guys think college dance team participants come from? Are all of them going to be strippers too? In the same way that boys are more and more competitive at younger ages in sports, girls in dance, gymnastics, etc. are the same. It's hard to find the line that is too over the top IMO. My daughter hasn't gotten close to the point of this video, but I've seen some along these lines and while it bothers me, where's the line? In terms of working to get better -someone mentioned the amount of work this would take - again, where's the line? Is it one night a week? 4 nights? When your child loves what she's doing and wants to practice and get better....how much is too much?

I'm curious how many that have commented have children around this age? I'm not criticizing everyone's opinion by any means, and I agree with many. But as a parent in this day and age, these are some of the things that we're challenged with and it's not an easy gig.

Originally Posted by Param (Post 6758900)

I don't see a problem with it. Girls looked like they were having fun doing the dance routine.

Originally Posted by Blindside58 (Post 6758907)

I agree

I am a dance dad as well of a competitive 8 year old. The outfits are definitely the worst part of the entire routine, and there are minimally 3 large studios in KC that put kids out there dressed like this all the time. Also, there are at least 50 competitions going on every weekend Nationwide (at least 1 every weekend in KC) with 500 to 1000 entries that have routines like this one (over 50,000 kids every weekend). My daughters instructor will not allow costumes like these because he is a parent as well.

My daughter is not forced to do what she loves and yes she spends about 12-15 hours a week in a studio with her "Extended" family of dancers/parents just like travel baseball/football team parents. If she even once murmered or complained about it, she would be pulled out and we would try something else at her request.

Believe it or not most of the dancers that want to grow up and be professional do not become strippers, they start out traveling the world as cruise ship performers or performing and traveling the world in Dora, Sesame street shows or back-ups to singers, even places like the Branson strip shows making $600-$1000 week at 18-21 years old with all meals and lodging paid. that is not to bad of a living to start out.

Originally Posted by Param (Post 6758900)

I don't see a problem with it. Girls looked like they were having fun doing the dance routine.

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk (Post 6758915)

Props to a fellow Dance Dad. I was at a competition in Overland Park last weekend and got suckered onto the stage by my daughter. We did a dance off. That was embarrasing considering I have no dance knowledge. But my daughter and her friends thought I was the coolest Dad in the world. So it was rewarding.