Should I stop my daughter from ballet lessons?
By pecito
@pecito (303)
Bulgaria
October 22, 2010 2:07pm CST
My daughter is four years old and she attends ballet lessons.Today her ballet teacher told me I should stop her from going because she was making too much noise thus distracting the other girls.Do you think she was right and my daughter should quit ballet lessons for the sake of the ballet community or she should go on pursuing her dream of being a ballerina no matter the teacher's opinion?
4 responses
@Catana (735)
• United States
22 Oct 10
The teacher is probably right, that your daughter is too young to learn in a group. I've taken ballet lessons, and there's no reason for your daughter to be talking and disturbing the others -- unless she isn't paying attention to the lessons. Are you sure it's your daughter's dream, or yours? Four is too young to decide on a future occupation. If she's seen ballet on TV or in movies, she's probably fascinated by the costumes and the beauty of the dancers. But that's going to happen with lots of things before she's old enough to understand anything about a career like dancing. I might also mention that some people think such young children shouldn't be doing something that stresses the body the way ballet does.
@pecito (303)
• Bulgaria
23 Oct 10
Thanks a lot for your response.You give me a lot to think about.I know my daughter loves dancing and watching ballet,and she keeps saying she wants to be a ballerina.But maybe you are right and at the age of four she can change her dreams all the time.Otherwise,I can't explain to myself why she disturbs the class all the time and can't concentrate her attention.
@wadabski (761)
• Philippines
22 Oct 10
No... If your daughter loves and dreams of being a ballerina then support her 101% What kind of a ballet teacher is that. She is just a kid so let her be what she want to be. I strongly disagree with the teachers opinion. Let her dance her hearth out.
@diana_sun (39)
• Bulgaria
22 Oct 10
Yes, I strongly support you in everything, to follow your daughter's dream, I am sure that with patience and love all problems with the discipline will disappear.So the ballet teacher must not stop the development of you daughter if she loves dancing.
