As a parent, you always want to support and encourage your children. When they get into sports and other interests, you’ll be their biggest cheerleader. Unfortunately, sometimes the coaches themselves are not as supportive as you’d expect them to be. So, when an Arizona mom took her daughter to a dance class, she expected the instructor to be encouraging toward the children. However, it just so happened she was just the opposite. This mom wasn’t about to leave without first saying something.
Emma (@emmaluissa) posted a TikTok video stating, “I pulled my daughter out of her new dance class halfway in.” She said, “I am not ashamed. I told the teacher off in front of everyone and humiliated her.” As it turns out, Emma was not happy about the way the dance teacher treated the children in her class. Emma says that the teacher was raising her voice consistently at a bunch of 3 and 4-year-olds.
Emma was concerned that the teacher’s bad attitude was ruining her daughter’s “first perception” of a tap and ballet class. When Emma asked her halfway through the class if she was having fun, she told her, “No. I’m scared of the teacher ‘cause she’s being angry.” This made Emma’s heart drop into her stomach but she didn’t yet leave the class. While class continued, Emma was concerned about the teacher’s anger. The children were dancing and then the teacher told them to sit down. When the children didn’t sit down fast enough for her liking, she put her hands on their head, yelled, “Sit!” and pushed down on the top of their heads.
When Emma saw the teacher push on her daughter’s head, she didn’t like it and immediately stood up. She said to the instructor, “Excuse me, I’m taking my daughter out of the class right now because the teacher’s making me very upset.” When she went to retrieve her daughter, she loudly asked, “The teacher’s not being very nice to you, is she?” The teacher asked her to repeat that, astonished that somebody called her out on her actions. Emma said, “Well, you’re being pretty rough with these young kids.” She went on to say, “My daughter’s in tune with her emotions and she can tell when someone’s not treating her right.” The teacher refused to take accountability for what she said and did to the children in her class.
One commenter said, “The fact that she assumed your daughter was intentionally ‘ignoring’ her is a red flag. That woman needs to check her ego.” A teacher chimed in, “I am a ballet teacher who is educated in very strict Russian ballet… NEVER WOULD I EVER TEACH TINY TOTS LIKE THAT?! They are so young and 3-6 are the ages where dance classes are just FUN! They get to socialize and be active, and that’s IT!!!! You were in the right for sure!!!” Good for moms like Emma who support and speak up when their children aren’t being treated fairly, especially by other adults.
