A father has been detained after posting a video showing him holding his six-week-old daughter upside down by one leg. Igor Kravtasov, 35, a social media influencer from Moscow, said he believed babies should be treated like monkeys because they are flexible.
His wife Darya Getmanskaya, 27, the girl’s mother, has been detained for ten days, too, after failing to intervene. Social services are considering whether to strip the couple of their parental rights, say reports.
This follows an outcry by Russian childcare experts when the footage went viral. They said moving the tiny baby around upside down risks major health damage including a broken neck - but the father’s supporters have claimed his stunt was akin to baby yoga or infant
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