Am I wrong to feel upset?

Calliene
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:42:39 +0000

I agree that situations like these teach our kids valuable lessons. Inspiredbymusic, I think it was really inappropriate for that woman to tell your daughter she had the “perfect part” when she did not yet know for sure who was auditioning. Instead she should have said something like, “We would love to have someone like you in our camp; we’ll have a lot of fun and put on a great show!” I think that woman was trying to get your daughter to choose her camp over the others. There is a great line about parents of child performers in “The Turning Point” – something like, “You give them hope, they’ll give you money!” Next year your daughter may go in with her eyes a little more open, and not choose that same camp again if it is run by the same woman.