Yes sorry! It was originally started to you and then I just kept going. So it was just a jumping off point.
I probably should have said Twitter not Facebook in my original comment, because I do tend to think of Facebook as more for friends and family to keep up and twitter is more for showing the world how awesome you are. (General you, not you you) I have a few Facebook friends that were at this event and I didn't really find the videos themselves to be anything much. I really just genuinely think if you sent your kid parading down a red carpet and filmed it, then you probably don't hate the idea of making celebrities out of these kids as much as you say (again, general you not you 12step)
As I said, I don't even actually have a problem with people wanting their kids to be stars. I work at a performing arts center for God's sake - y'all got nothing on those moms.
But don't put your kid in an evening gown and a limo and send them down a red carpet... and then get on here and go ballistic about all the SMs who want their kids on higher levels. If you hold an event geared at saying, "Look how much more special my kid is than everyone else's!" then yes, people are going to consider that promoting cheerlebrity-ism.
There is a difference between being the best of the best and being elitist. This was definitely in the elitist and exclusionary category - right from the very beginning when it was announced.
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