Sure, but to be teaching it to a three year old? In public?! It may be a good form of exercise but it still has very sexual connotations and that makes it completely inappropriate to be teaching to a child that young, especially in a public place! And on top of that, I think it's pretty strange to be doing any kind of exercise in a restaurant. You wouldn't pull out a yoga mat or barbells and start stretching or weightlifting, either. Although, maybe this mom would. Who knows.

I find it interesting that all the mums who take their daughter to pole dancing classes and try to defend it by saying its just fun and good exercise never take their male children to these classes. Do their sons not need fun or exercise?

Most pole studios do not allow male students.

Many pole studios do not allow male students

Why would that be though? If it's just good exercise?

At my pole studio men are not allowed because women want to workout without worrying about being self conscious about the way they look, or on the other side of it not worrying about being hit on while they're just trying to exercise. Also because in pole, you in fact have to have a lot of skin showing, or else you will not stick to the pole. Having no men makes women feel more comfortable exercising in their minimum clothing necessary for the sport.

Poledancing as a sport..okay. Showing a bunch of men/women your ****** for $1.... not okay.

Yup. It seems like a form of gymnastics to me. I wish I had the strength and flexibility it takes. So many comments on here are really judgemental.

I completely agree, but I'm not sure McDonalds is the place for it. While it is gymnastics you don't teach it in a play area, no more than you would teach a child how to do backflips in a play area.

I'll agree with you for most of it, but why teach a 3 year old? Also there's a time and a place for everything and that isn't it.

Having just graduated beginner pole, I can tell you there's literally nothing inappropriate I can think of that would warrant a response like OPs. And as for practicing, there have been plenty of times I've street poled (using a sign pole on the street) or as this mother did, a sliding pole on a childs playground. Like I said, it's a really fun sport so why not mess around with your three year old? There's not many moves you can actually achieve in such a confined space anyway.

Three levels of sun-bleached plastic gerbil maze.