Atlanta Pole Studio Under Fire For Starting Classes For 4-Year-Olds To Learn To Use A Stripper Pole

An Atlanta pole dancing studio has come under fire after launching a “Mommy and Me” class featuring children as young as four years old participating on the poles. Pink Poles Studio, which boasts over 90,000 Instagram followers, announced kids’ classes as well as the Mommy and Me workshops for February in a viral video showing young children swinging on the poles. According to the January 7 post, the studio has finally been able to announce the “exciting news” after three years of anticipation. “We are here to break stigmas and set the bar. Remember that—it’s here to stay,” the video’s caption reads. “Kids class begin 2/3 12pm… The next mommy and me workshop is 2/24, 12pm… Ages 4 and up are welcome to attend.”

The studio went on to say that “God aligned” them with the perfect trainer for the program, an experienced pole dancer named Royalty who advertises her ability to twerk and gyrate in next-to-no clothes on her own page. The disturbing Instagram Reel posted by Pink Poles Studio shows the first Mommy and Me class, which featured both little girls and boys being instructed to perform moves such as the “splits” on the poles. The video has been viewed over 5.4 million times in just a couple of weeks, and the studio turned the comments off after receiving backlash.