john donvan went in for a look. ♪ >> reporter: a year ago, they were just kids from around pittsburghnt a lot of time in dance class and some of the time competing. chloe and maddie and nia, and brooke, and paige, and mckenzie, but then their dance class became reality television. now you're stars. well, they are stars. they and their mothers. >> i think that's one of the things that resonates with the audience is that we are dynamic personalities. there's a lot of craziness, but it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: because that's the name of the show, "dance moms," where every week four moms watch their kids get ready for another dance competition every weekend. and kids work four to five hours a day after school, often until 9:00 p.m. the moms hover and bicker. the moms interfere. >> stop talking about my it daughter! >> we're saying we're a team! >> does it ever distract you when you're trying to just do the best you can? >> yes. going on? >> i just try to just block all the chaos and the drama going on just out of my head and focus on my dancing. >> reporter: but it's not just about da

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i'm john donvan, in alpine, utah. >> see, and therein, i think, lies one of the solutions.ave to put those parental controls on the computer. on the iphone, on the itouch, whatever your kid has that you are providing to your child. you have the responsibility as a parent to try to help. >> technology has gotten to that point where you can control what is seen as parents. it makes sense. why not take advantage of that. because those kind of images, 8, 9 years old, that's -- >> how did that happen? >> scary. >> anyway. >> i'm glad everybody in the piece got their sight back. >>> coming up next, 30 years of letters to mom. >> yes. this is a great story. he's written his mom every day. and has no plans of stopping. stay tuned. you're watching "world news now." ♪ if i could save time in a bottle the first thing i'd like to do ♪ >>> there's a man in new hampshire who takes being a mama's boy to a whole new level. >> he's been writing a letter to his mother, sending it by snail mail every day for the past 30 years. reporter adam sexton has this mother's tale. >> reporter: every da

i'm john donvan, in alpine, utah. >> see, and therein, i think, lies one of the solutions.l controls on the computer, on the iphone, on the itouch, whatever your kid has that you are providing to your child. you have the responsibility as a parent to try to help. >> technology has gotten to that point where you can control what is seen as parents. it makes sense. why not take advantage of that. because those kind of images, 8, 9 years old, that's -- >> how did that happen? >> scary. >> anyway. >> i'm glad everybody in the piece got their sight back. >>> coming up next, 30 years of letters to mom. >> yes. this is a great story. he's written his mom every day and has no plans of stopping. stay tuned. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. d news now" will continue after this fromc c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c