Pop star Pink has been slammed by her followers on Instagram for posting a picture of herself cooking food with her baby son strapped to her chest in a carrier, that many thought was “dangerous”.

The 37 year old singer, real name Alecia Beth Moore, posted a picture of herself on Instagram earlier this week with her eight month old son, Jameson, in a carrier on her chest facing outwards while she was flipping some sizzling food in a frying pan a few inches away. Her six year old daughter, Willow, is also in the picture next to the cooker, having clambered up on the counter.

“Dangerous stuff for your kids! Stop doing this,” one fan chided her. Another follower added: “Cute photo but please don’t cook wearing the baby. I’ve read some really horrific stories about terrible accidents that have occurred doing this.”

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“Love u Pink but the first thing that came to mind was something popping up and burning that baby's beautiful face, or your daughter falling because got frightened because of a popping sound,” another concerned fan wrote.

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However, many of the ‘Get The Party Started’ singer’s fans defended her decision to wear her children, as an advocate of attachment parenting.

“I wore my baby to cook because she would scream if I didn't. She loved to see what I was doing. We never had an incident,” one sympathetic fan argued.

“How many celebrities do you see cooking let alone with their kids?” another said. “She is spending time with them and showing them how easy it is to make a healthy meal instead of going straight to fast food.”

Pink welcomed her second child with husband Carey Hart back in December last year, a little brother for Willow who arrived in June 2011. She last released a solo album in 2012, titled The Truth About Love.

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