Helicopter Parents' Retro Recruitment Thread

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

But staying and watching practice is a whole different category and even it you don't have any place to go, you should leave or at least clearly communicate that you aren't watching by reading a book, walking to the other side of the park, whatever.

Very true, and I probably should have added that the parents who stay at dance practice never pull up a chair and watch -- they might peer in through the window every now and then, but that's it. They read or visit.

If I'm the hanging around parent, I go to the comic shop next door and get my geek-fill.

[Army Wife'79]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Very true, and I probably should have added that the parents who stay at dance practice never pull up a chair and watch -- they might peer in through the window every now and then, but that's it. They read or visit.

Unfortunately my D's studio wasn't like that at all. These were cut-throat Mama's who sat and observed with an eagle eye, taking notes and commenting on who needs to watch their weight (they all looked anorexic to me) and whose "turn out" wasn't as good as it should be. I tried to sit and quilt there but their behavior made me sick so I had to leave and come back an hour later.
These were high school age girls!

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Unfortunately my D's studio wasn't like that at all. These were cut-throat Mama's who sat and observed with an eagle eye, taking notes and commenting on who needs to watch their weight (they all looked anorexic to me) and whose "turn out" wasn't as good as it should be. I tried to sit and quilt there but their behavior made me sick so I had to leave and come back an hour later.
These were high school age girls!

And I'm afraid that because we no longer have or use any boundaries for what normal or healthy involvement is, parents like this, or whatever like this is for the activity, are more and more common.