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'Dance Moms' gets another turn

'Dance Moms' gets another turn One mom forces her daughter to dance through a painful injury. Another mom brings her daughter to the dance studio at 7 a.m. and doesn't let her leave until 11 p.m. Then there's the competition where they tart all their 8-year-olds up like Vegas showgirls and then get all faux-concerned when the crowd is horrified when the second-graders do stripper squats with their legs open. The moms backstab, the teacher is certifiable and the kids are so so cute. Another day, just another trashy reality TV show, right? I watch Lifetime's new series Dance Moms for the same reason I watch Teen Mom: Because they never fail to make me feel like the world's best parent. But it's really the superiority complex that keeps me coming back. Until this morning, that is. A fellow mom friend and I were chuckling in horror over these obviously sad and desperate women trying to live out their dreams through their babies. And then she turned to me and ask...