Is pole dancing a suitable exercise for children?

Is pole dancing ever suitable for eight-year-olds? This question has sparked outrage after children wearing cropped tops and hot pants performed on ITV's This Morning.

Dance instructor Zoe Hardy has told 5 live Drive that if children do it in a “safe environment” then it is no different “to what they do in playgrounds”.

But psychologist Kerry Nixon said pole dancing was "inextricably linked to sexuality” and children should not be put in situations where they might be sexualised.