The PROBLEMATIC issues with Dance moms:New era show !(*My honest review)

[nlockey]

Even Maddie and Chloe didn't bite each other's throats back in the day. Audrey needs to calm down; her true colors are showing.

[TimothyRichard]

The original dance moms was already problematic but this show genuinely makes me uncomfortable. The moms are terrible, and the kids are getting directly involved in the drama. There are kids crying literally every single episode but I personally feel like it makes sense. This new season was WAY more dramatic and they were under intense stress to not be cut

[danaeldridge]

OH I'VE BEEN WAITING TO CHAT ABOUT THIS ONE. here's some of my hot takes.
1. i feel like i enjoyed the original dance moms because the kids, for lack of a better term, stayed in a child's place. they didn't get involved in the mom's drama most of time and were extremely compassionate towards each other .
2. these little girl's attitudes SUCK. the slick comments, the talking back, the screaming at their mother's. major turn off. i definitely agree with you when you said you think it might be something deeper with ashlan.
3. Mina was also my favorite, she's very talented and super funny.

4. something about grown women talking mess about children never sat right with me. it's disgusting. and then they do it right in front of the kids and think it's not gonna mess with their performance??
5. i didn't mind Glo as a teacher. at least she's not calling them dingbats and failures. she shows a lot more compassion to the girls than abby does.

[kzzy]

i was with you till the end but lesbian dance was based off the show heart stopper and story is about kids who are discovering themselves not much older than the girls in dance moms. nothing wrong with that. they bring in a boy to tell love story’s many times on the og show so… what’s different. also dance is supposed to be expressive and tell challenging story’s thru movement and expression. i personally discovered i was gay at around 8-9 years old on my own at least these girl are in a supportive environment and a free to express themselves however they want too. with out anything being forced either way.

[talentedsamaya]

Also Leilah was not put on the team because she’s black 😭Leilah is a INSANELY TALENTED dancer she remind me a lot of Ashlans dancing. Leilah is not a lyrical dancer she’s very upbeat. She is loved by the studio and has been there since she was basically a baby. Glos daughter calls her a “mini me”

[supastrikasssedits]

It’s showing the entitlement of Sephora kids and just kids in this era in general. I’m so glad I grew up a few years earlier, before Covid, because really changed these kids development. Like Audrey? That’s so embarrassing, and I’m not going to talk about Ashlynn’s issues but that’s also shows she shouldn’t be there and I feel like she should be getting the help she need off of a highly competitive and intense setting.

[mommak]

I really enjoyed the reboot however I was really triggered by Ashland’s behavior and how her mom didn’t get a hold of that horrible behavior. And I agree Ms. Glo wasn’t that bad ❤

[RiRi_Love]

Thoughts because I can’t really explain them anywhere else, and I felt for these kids.











I study psych, and still dance ( grew up on the show, same age range as Maddie and Kendall). I will say I’ve seen girls like Ashlan, I had a similar problem with outbursts at her age. It’s called “Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder”. With the symptoms being stress, anxiety, depression (which people don’t realize often makes the person mad instead of sad constantly), etc. I’m by no means diagnosing her, I just think she has an emotional regulation issue (many disorders share that symptom). She killed that body bag dance tho, I was bawling. Her cry at the end with the silence, her genuine connection to the dance, and her breakdown after the dance in the wings. You saw her mature as a dancer in that moment, and grow as a person. If you’ve ever had to dance in an emotional way, and bring it out, and u break…..man is it overwhelming but powerful in the sense of growth.



Glo living in Audrey’s home is a conflict of interest to a t. You see it in how Audrey acts entitled, despite other girls being better in other areas than her dance wise. Glo allows her to be entitled. Glo allows her to lie imo because that foot thing was giving Mackenzie’s storyline, but no actual proof the girl was hurt. Kaeli clocked it, and for her to get away with that on tv is very problematic and concerning. I get faking being sick if u want to stay home, out of school, whatever. But faking a foot injury before a dance you felt you couldn’t do, leaving the team high and dry, whilst smiling on the gurney. A smile doesn’t mean ur not hurt, but she bounced back with ease. I will say glo did follow suit after that as far as calming down the favoritism. Maybe kaeli called her like mom get it together stop babying that girl before she’s grown and it’s no longer cute, also to lie to go to a hospital is concerning, I pray it was productions idea and not the child. As that would be a serious matter I would hope any parent would look into. Before she’s lying to bigger extents, at an age where such lie is no longer given grace. She was also mean to other girls, bullying them, again o pray it’s editing but man it’s sad to see. Her mom invited her to the drama a lot, while complaining about it…uhuh.



It seems as though people think Mina may be autistic. I’m not diagnosing but I will say her bluntness was refreshing 😂🩷. Her mom lost her eldest so I feel like that’s why we see her push Mina so hard. I like their bond too. If Mina says something in confessionals that’s blunt her mom checks it, then they laugh and Mina corrects how she said something. I think the show wanted to peg her as strict as if the viewers aren’t all OG dance moms fans, who more than likely are grown enough to conceptualize how cultures play a factor in strict homes…..how losing a child may make u push the one still alive….very easy to understand Mina and her moms discourse knowing such. I loved watching them, but I do pray to see her comfort Mina just a bit more. Again given confessionals she could already be doing that, but the show has already laid out how they want us to view Mina’s mom.



Smiley was a sweetheart for sure. Leila deserved better. It bothered me how she was treated. She was the coined black person. I wanted to see more of her and kaeli because she brought the best out of Leila. Seeing her dancing in the wings had my grown self crying I promise u. It felt like nia all over again. As a black girl it sucked to see.




Given their groups tik toks I’m hoping they pegged their storylines and aren’t actually like how they’re depicted. If the goal was less toxicity they def did the opposite 😅

[greenbeantm]

1) because kids can be lesbians 2) they literally constantly danced in dresses, why is school skirts that actually look like they could be part of a uniform a problem? 😂

[ashiaku]

I think Ashlyn is kind of spoiled mixed with some underlying issue her parents refuse to address. I actually felt really bad for her at first, but after all that crying lol I would have told her to get over it and start dancing

[pariscampen]

In Dance Moms season 8, at nationals, they did a dance based on the Broadway musical, The Prom, which is about a lesbian couple.

[cassiemedvesceks]

You are enjoyable to listen to, and I’m really glad I found your channel! Being 25 I would say I am also a OG dance moms fan.. lol watched the whole series waaaay too many times lowkey got conversations memorized. 😂

[clemichele]

Im trying to watch, but it’s honestly so frustrating to watch something that looks like everything’s fake. The original dance moms I’ve watched like 4 times, now this “new era” just seems like they’re trying to copy the originals and that’s the problem. Most parts it’s obvious that it’s so fake and it’s cringy to watch and I think it would be better if they just, didn’t think about how ALDC was, and would do their own thing. Similar, but different. Idk how to explain tbh but I hope someone understands me 😅

[PhoenixEspe]

These kids are on the internet and TikTok too much. Ashlan saying it hurts when her mom “abuses” her is outrageous. She’s digesting content that her brain is not comprehending properly and it’s causing her to have things like panic attacks and what not. She’s watching teens or young adults express maybe their rocky relationships with their parents and then standing up to their parents (which has been popular content lately) and she’s applying that to any situation that she does not like and taking it as her mom being a mean/bad mom and at least on camera that is not the case. We’re seeing such an uptick in kids having anger issues, body dysmorphia, and self esteem problems due to the media they are consuming and the “abuse” comment gave classic too much TikTok all day.

[katropolis]

what's wrong with them doing a dance that tells a love story? the original dance moms did that whenever they brought in a boy.

[justarandomchannel]

one thing that makes me just uncomfortable is the girls NEVER, Like ever had problems with each other. I honestly don’t know why they made a new era, to cause more drama? and one thing I want to talk about is Audrey being mean to other kids and getting involved in other peoples drama, well I don’t even know if they are making Audrey look like a brat for the show, but I hope they are. If they are doing this on purpose, that’s just messed up.

[taylorcala]

We should be feeling bad for ALL the children on this show.. doesn’t matter how bratty/cocky they are.. they’re just children that shouldn’t be put in these situations Parents are at fault at the end of the day

[TheHorselessCantor]

As someone who won't be watching any of the drama but who *did* watch the dances and *did* check out some background on the girls just for context... Glo herself easily could've chosen Audrey as the favorite. Glo has coached Audrey for years and Audrey has already landed a professional job (she was in The Music Man Broadway)

[marulamanzana]

I really forgot about lily and Smiley lol I wanted to see more of them

[noneyun]

The show is faker than the original. The teacher is the most boring vanilla instructor that I’ve ever seen. The teacher has no sense of humor or brains. The dancers are at best intermediate level, and have horrible technique. Bent legs in aerials, no hollow bodies on tumbling, no turnout, no pointed feet on switch leaps. It was the same exact moves every week in the group dances. They only time they won solo category was when the dancers ran an old solo. How did they pick Smiley over Gina if this was supposed to be an elite competition level team? That made zero sense! I couldn’t stand the crying chick that wanted to dance recreationally, but put on an elite team. You can’t beat the original show with only 1 or 2 elite level dancers. I was expecting this to be a better team, and it made competition level dancers look awful. I’m not saying all of the girls of Studio Bleu don’t have technique, I just don’t understand how they picked these dancers as the team that would match the OG team. My daughter dancers competition level, so I know what studios have great dancers. So I know they’ve produced some good dancers. My teen dancer was so let down by this show that she didn’t even make it to episode 4 before rage quitting the show.