Before you sign up for a fall dance convention or workshop, ask what is actually included. Some cover everything, some add a separate fee for every extra class. Ask before you pay. #DanceClass #DanceMom

Anyone else got a fall break trip that is going to eat two dance classes in a row? Curious if your studio has a way to make those up or if it is just a gap this year. #DanceMom #DanceDad

What age did your kid start dance, and would you have started earlier or later if you could do it again? We started at four and I still go back and forth. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Ask how your studio announces weather closures. Text, app, or a post buried on Facebook makes a real difference on a stormy Tuesday at pickup time. #DanceMom #DanceDad

What is the question you felt silly asking your studio but asked anyway? Mine was whether tights go under or over the leotard straps. Nobody laughed, for the record. #DanceMom #DanceLife

If dance is competing with soccer practice and a spelling test for one Tuesday night, you are not doing it wrong. That is just fall with a kid in more than one thing. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Ask if your studio does any progress check-in with parents. Some hand out a note at the end of a session, some tell you nothing until recital. Ask up front. #DanceClass #DanceMom

If your studio just held a competition team info night, how are you feeling about the schedule? We sat through one and left with more questions than answers. #DanceMom #DanceDad

The parent group chat that trades outgrown tights and shoes before anyone buys new is doing more for the budget than any coupon code. #DanceMom #DanceLife

If costume measurements are due this month, measure your kid that week, not off last year's number. Kids grow fast between September and December. #DanceMom #DanceClass

Six weeks into the season, is your kid still excited to go or has it leveled off? No wrong answer, just curious where everyone lands this time of year. #DanceMom #DanceDad

What finally made you pick your studio? Price, schedule, the drive, or something you felt the second you walked in? Ours came down to one teacher. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Ask when the costume bill lands and what it covers. Tights and shoes are often separate line items. Better to know in September than in January. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Three weeks in and your kid says they want to quit. Did you push through, negotiate a deal, or let it go? No wrong answer, I just want to hear how other people handled it. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Do not buy shoes until the teacher confirms the brand and style. We bought ballet shoes twice in one month because I guessed off a general supply list. Ask in week one. #DanceClass #DanceMom

Be honest. How long did it take you to learn a bun that survives an actual class? Mine took a full season and a lot of hairspray. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Ask what happens when your kid misses a class. Some studios let you make it up in another level, some offer nothing. Neither is wrong, but you want to know before flu season. #DanceClass #DanceMom

How far do you drive to your studio? We do 18 minutes each way and that felt like a lot until I met a mom doing 45. Curious what normal looks like for everyone else. #DanceMom #DanceDad

What got your kid hooked on dance? The music, the costumes, the friends, or something else entirely? #DanceMom #DanceDad

A real trial class lets your kid actually take the class. If it is really a sales meeting with a clipboard, that is not a trial, that is a pitch. #DanceClass #DanceMom