A POLE-dancing couple has today revealed how they perform bizarre routines with their kids after teaching them the tricks of their trade.

Jake Night and Lindsey Teall said they're proud to share their love for the activity with their 11-year-old son Aiden and two daughters, Alaura, five and three-year-old Rosalyn.

9 Jake Night and Lindsey Teall practicing their pole moves with son Aiden and two daughters, Alaura and Rosalyn Credit: Barcroft Media

With a pole set up in the living room, the close-knit family, of St Louis, Missouri, can practice their pole tricks whenever they fancy.

Lindsey says Aiden practices every day after school and reckons Alaura and Rosalyn were "born with the bug" after she pole danced through both pregnancies.

Lindsey, 32, said: “The reason we decided to perform as a family is because we love dancing together.

“I was pole dancing when I was pregnant with both of the girls and I think that when they were born they felt that they were already a part of that art.

9 Lindsey reckons her daughter Roslyn, left, was 'born with the bug' as she pole-danced while she was pregnant with her Credit: Barcroft Media

9 The family at their home in St Louis, where they practice on their pole Credit: Barcroft Media

9 Lindsey is a former exotic dancer and loves teaching her kids new moves Credit: Barcroft Media

9 Alaura clings to the pole Credit: Barcroft Media

9 The family has attracted some criticism for their love of pole dancing Credit: Barcroft Media

“We pole dance every day if not more, I dance at work obviously, then the kids dance when I’m not here and they also dance when I’m here.

“We feel that pole dancing is a sport for kids as well as for adults because it’s very dance-heavy and it’s also very gymnastics-heavy. You have to be strong, you have to be graceful.”

The couple started performing together after Alaura was born.

Lindsey explained: “We’ve done performances where both of us are on the pole - we’ll do doubles. It was really refreshing - and being able to do it with a partner and adding our kids into that aspect was amazing.”

9 Aiden, right, practices every night after school Credit: Barcroft Media

9 Jake gets into pole position Credit: Barcroft Media

9 Aiden has been taught how to pole-dance at home with his sisters Credit: Barcroft Media

But while Lindsey and Jake maintain they did not force their kids into the “sport”, their antics have caused a storm of criticism online.

Jake said: “We have dealt with a lot of negative comments, I can’t even count, thousands upon thousands upon thousands. We’ve heard some pretty horrific things, they were going to hunt us down and kill us and take our children.

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“The naysayers, the haters and everybody like that just makes us, as parents, more protective of them."

Lindsey added: “You can’t explain to everybody that this is a legitimate sport. A lot of people, you just can’t change their opinion. We’re living our most authentic life, sometimes people don’t like that; they want you to be like everybody else.

“I actually don’t have any concern about my children participating in pole dance. Stripping is becoming somewhat obsolete, clubs are getting less busy, they’re dying down. Pole dance is taking a new route, it’s evolving into a sport, into an art."

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