The show must go on.
Even for these 2-year-olds in those ridiculously cute pink outfits. There’s a total of six of them but only five performed the routine. The last toddler wasn’t having any of it.
We all have our days and it wasn’t any different for the daughter of Melissa L Potts who chose to lay down on stage and throw a tantrum.
The poor kid was having a bad day.
See, any little girl out there dreams of becoming a princess. Most of them want to put on a pink dress, dance ballet, and live in a fairy tale world full of music, magic and handsome princes on horses.
But Melissa’s daughter could care less. She would have thrown fists at a dragon at this point. The little girl can be heard crying above the music, to the point that her friend tried to help her.
She still wasn’t having it.
No one knows what threw her off but we all know how toddlers handle their emotions.
They can’t really process feelings yet so they deal with it the only way they know how.
By throwing tantrums and crying.
And she is showing her terrible twos.
Toddler tantrums can be frustrating especially when done in public. It takes a whole lot of understanding and patience for both the parents and everyone else around.
Parenting For Brain describes it as such,
“A temper tantrum is an intense storm of emotions, such as anger, loss, disappointment and deep frustration. In toddlers around age 2, this emotional outbreak can lead to crying, thrashing, screaming fits, stomping, hitting the parents, falling down, kicking, biting, throwing things, banging the head or breath holding.”
If only us adults could do the same during a bad day.
It’s no different for Melissa’s daughter. Maybe she was already tired and or hungry before stepping out on stage. No one likes being forced into awkward situations after all.
We can only speculate.
She has a really sweet friend though. See that little girl next to her?
The adorable dancer looks over and attempts to reach out to the crying dancer, but eventually looks around and shrugs her shoulders. Nothing much she could do at that point.
Toddlers are not capable of reasoning or manipulating. Hence the unexplainable meltdowns when they’re upset.
No different from an overwhelmed adult. Except we’ve got bars to hit up instead of sitting on the floor in tears. Though it’s perfectly okay to break down and cry too.
The remaining five continue the dance, their sixth member still upset over something only she knows. Poor little Potts spilling her heart out in front of an amused audience.
This was a Christmas dance recital too!
Oh dear, let’s hope she still got nice presents that year. And no matter the outcome, she’s still an adorable little princess. It’s okay to have a meltdown every now and then. Bring out the milk!
Check out this little dancer’s adorable meltdown below!
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