How many studios does your family actually deal with in a given week, counting siblings in different styles? Be honest, we're counting too. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Clocks fall back soon. Anyone else's studio pickup suddenly feel impossible once it's dark at 5:30? Tell us how your studio handles it. #DanceMom #DanceDad

What's the real reason you picked the studio you're at now? Location, the vibe, one specific teacher, price? Tell us the honest version. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Competition team parents, how many weekends a month does season actually eat into your calendar? Be honest. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Does your dancer have a weird pre class ritual? Specific socks, a certain snack, a particular parking spot? Ours does. Tell us yours. #DanceMom #DanceDad

New dance parents, what's the one term you had to secretly google? Releve, combo, across the floor. We've all been there. Tell us yours. #DanceMom #DanceDad

We are solidly into fall now. What is your kid's favorite part of dance class this season so far? #DanceMom #DanceDad

Does your studio do anything for Halloween, a themed class, a little party, or is it just a regular week? Curious what other studios do. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Has your studio announced holiday show dates yet? Ours usually waits until November and by then half the good weekends are already booked. #DanceMom #DanceDad

Picture day at the studio yet? Ours is coming up and I still cannot get my kid to sit still for the order form, let alone the actual photo. #DanceMom #DanceDad

What is the smallest detail about your studio that made you stay? Ours remembers our kid's name in a room of forty kids and that is basically it for us. #DanceMom #DanceDad

If you have got two kids at two different studios, how are you handling the schedule overlap? We started color coding a calendar and it is still chaos some weeks. #DanceMom #DanceDad

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

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

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

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