DD's dance performance at theatre

[TheCleaningQueen]

Just wondered what others thought.....DD aged almost 5 went to dance at a theatre today with her ballet class...I was so proud but slightly taken aback at how emotional I felt seeing my girl on stage dancing....anyway her dance was near the beginning and we were allowed to go and collect the preschool girls after their dance so they could watch the rest of the performance.....nice to do if they have never been to a theatre before and logical since they were then not on again until the finale almost 2 hours later.

Anyway two of the other mums sat a row behind and watched the whole performance leaving their girls in the care of a chaperone backstage until it all finished. One of these mums works full time and is away a lot, a single parent. I know her DD misses her loads and always seems understandably to want to be with her when her mum is at home. This mum I also know seems to want to leave her DD at any available opportunity e.g. parties when usual for parent to stay, gets other mums to take her for the weekend/preschool trips etc. Slightly unfair on the poor child?

agree with others, my dd(6) and ds(7) had their show today too but they wouldn't have wanted to come away from the backstage experience, we don't get a choice, it's drop off at Xo'clock and collect at XX. the children get to watcgh each other during the run through before the show at our school.

I normally help backstage as a chaperone but couldn't this year as have young baby but ime the kids have a whale of a time.

Perhaps she leaves her child at parties rather than stay so she can get housework done that she'd otherwise have to do when her dd is home, thereby allowing her to spend more time with her dd?

Can't see the problem with the ballet performance, or with her accepting help for trips....she has to work, to provide for her daughter.

Fooking single mothers...should be bloody shot the lot of em

You mean you've never met the likes of me? Working single mums, we're a scourge on society!

Probably just as well I met a nice man to take care of me and the DC and take the pressure off society eh :o

being backstage with pals is part of the show, and part of learning to be independent, learning to grow up a little bit under the watchful eye of a chaperone. I spend LOADS of time with my DD but know that she felt that the backstage stuff was a big part of the experience. Unless you have a child who needs one-on-one supervision (for any number of reasons) then 5 is also plenty old enough to be left at a party. I suspect you'll look back in a couple of years and be at your OP

so the point of this post is that you're a wondeful mother who treasures every moment with a tear in her eye and the others are rubbish, heartless uncaring mothers.

Pass me a sick bag please.

There were a lot of shows today.
My dd was in a show today and if i could have left her with a chaperone, i would have. Come and judge me OP