"My kid loves playing on the pole at home"- Kristy Craig referring to parents' for the class.
Watching the news report below (via the LIFEfiles) on this disturbed me in so many ways. Is this what our world has come to? That this is even a topic??
In Vancouver, Canada, the Twisted Grip Dance and Fitness studio is currently offering POLE DANCING classes to children as young as 5 YEARS OLD.
The headlining quote of this post raises eyebrows within itself. WHY are you letting your child "play" on your pole? Or even have it visible to your child where they can grow accustomed to it and want to participate in acts regarding it? As Craig expresses, the parents’ says the child “loves” to do it. I guess if your child loves grabbing the bottles of wine out of your cellar, makes it okay for them to drink it too…
Some may think of it as a sport or "acrobatic" activity, as it is referred to by studio owner Kristy Craig. The owner promotes that it is a new way of "staying fit and promoting self-confidence and work towards goals of competing one day". Let's disregard tumbling, sports, healthy eating, girl scouts, and all other things established to help our youth. Instead of encouraging the child to participate in those activities geared towards those within their age range, we expose and offer them to a ‘solely adult’ activity.
The flyer they have for the class (which I will not post but you can view in the video) is a young child with make-up on, straddled, sliding down a pole in boy shorts. I am aware that children in beauty contests and/or other things wear make-up and leotards (etc.) as a part of their costume. However, those things are not related to women performing exotically associating dance moves with sex. When you think of gymnastics or "Miss USA", what comes to mind? Now…What comes to mind when you hear pole dancing? Certainly, nothing that would involve children. The flyer is extremely risqué... reassuring a field day for the fantasies of pedophiles smh.
"Something that might end up sexualizing little girls...”- Parent.
Children should be able to enjoy and preserve their innocence. A child should not be allowed to do certain things that adults participate in, and if possible... not exposed to them. Don't take that too literal. I'll give an example. If children can't attend establishments where pole dancing takes place, why should they be allowed to participate in the activity? What kind of message are we sending? Is it that any time a child wants to express themselves, its ok? What if the child sees porn and decides she wants to "participate" in that? Are child porn recruiters up next? Call it farfetched if you like... but seriously... THINK about it.
I, personally, have attended a pole dancing class and while I must say it is indeed a WORKOUT... it is TOTALLY inappropriate for children and even teenagers.
I understand the world today is a completely different world than when I was growing. I see girls, in as low as middle school, with developed bodies as a 25 year old... the latest in cell phone technology... Bleached/colored hair... tattoos and piercings... etc. It all seems to be the latest "ok" from parents as far as teens go… but why? So many are concerned with being the "cool" parent and giving the child all the things they didn't have, they forget to give them what they DID have. Preserving your innocence (and this means more than virginity) and youth is something you won't appreciate until you get older. If anyone knows that more, it’s us adults. What message is the pole, a dance that is concretely related to exotic dancing, sending our little girls? Thoughts?
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