The First Show.

I gotta read you guys an email.

Because we've all seen the stereotypical like, not stage dad, but, you know, like 30, 40-year-old husband that's pushing his son so hard in sports.

And it's just so obvious in some cases that he's, like, living out his professional sports fantasy that he never got to do himself through his son.

Oh, absolutely. You see him on the soccer field and little league all the time.

You see it. I mean, that's the cliche.

Well, we've got one virtual listener that has emailed that is seeing the same thing, but it doesn't have anything to do with boys.

And it doesn't have anything to do with dad's coaching. It has everything to do with cheering and cheer moms.

It's like a stage mom, but it's a cheerleader mom. Yeah. And she's new to this world,

and she's seeing some things that aren't making sense to her. I'll read her email to you in

just one second here.

All right.

The email reads like this.

Dear Bert, I don't have the guts to call in, so I need your help with something. Besides, if I called in, I'm afraid I'd do my daughter some real social harm. My daughter is new to the whole cheer competition thing. I was never a cheerleader. In all honesty, I detested the cheerleaders and their clicks when I was growing up.

That's why I'm not sure if my judgment is clouded or not.

But it sure seems... I was never a cheerleader. In all honesty, I detested the cheerleaders and their clicks when I was growing up.

That's why I'm not sure if my judgment is clouded or not. But it sure seems to me that the majority of the mothers of these cheerleaders are taking this way too seriously.

I know the sports cliche is the father that is living his own dream while he pushes his son too hard into playing sports.

But I'm beginning to think the same thing is happening with the moms in these cheer competitions.

I've seen moms yell at their daughters.

I've seen moms backstab each other right after they have a casual conversation with the same mother.

I've seen moms cake on their makeup and dress and cheer attire as though they are competing right alongside their daughters.

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