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[quote=Anonymous]Another mother of a former competitive Irish dancer here. She was a competitive dancer from the age of 8 on and stopped everything cold turkey at 15. She was passionately in love with the dance form and saw herself joining a college team and potentially even auditioning to tour professionally in her adult life. She was in the studio 4 days a week, and we were traveling to competitions probably 2 weekends every month. It was hard on her body and mind. She stopped when we realized how terribly toxic her studio and teacher were. She wasn't a "favorite" of the teacher and the constant yelling and fear brought her to a point of near tears on the way to practice something she once loved wholeheartedly. At first we tried switching studios, but she realized it was time to stop when she felt completely burned out by it all and her course load at school really amped up sophomore year.

Stepping out of an environment that we had been so invested in for so long was definitely an adjustment. I will say, the money we've saved because of it has been nice. DD still keeps in touch with some dance friends and follows competition results, but truly, the dance world seems so dramatically removed from real life now.

Your daughter will know when the time is right to stop. It may come early or it may be a decade from now, but she'll know. My DD was so certain she would continue into adulthood but still knew when the time had come to stop, even if it wasn't ideal. Don't be resentful of your experience with dance. There are a lot of lessons to be learned and skills to cherish from it.[/quote]

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