stage mothers
Backstage parental pressures
Stage mothers are mothers who push their children into performance careers, often with excessive ambition or controlling behavior.
The term typically carries negative connotations—suggesting the mother's investment in the child's success is really about her own unfulfilled dreams: The studio was full of stage mothers coaching their kids between auditions.
The type extends to stage parents generally.
- auditionsPerformance tests for casting
- casting callSummons for performer tryouts
- child starFamous young entertainer
- pushyUnpleasantly forceful in manner
- scoldRebuke harshly
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