Mum slammed for parading her 4-year-old girl on Good Morning Britain for early puberty feature

A mother has been slammed for parading her four-year-old daughter on Good Morning Britain for a feature on puberty.

Charlie Denton appeared on the show with her little girl Nevaeh, who has precocious puberty and started started developing breasts aged two.

The rare condition affects just one in 5,000 children and Charlie said she wanted to raise awareness about the condition.

She explained: "It was a huge shock. Just after her second birthday, she developed breast buds.

"At first, the doctor reassured us she was fine but then she developed second buds and so we took her back.

"She then underwent many tests and we were told she had started puberty. We had never heard of the condition before."

However, viewers thought the segment made for uncomfortable viewing and said the girl looked "embarrassed" during the interview.

Nevaeh kept her arms wrapped around her mum's neck and didn't want to look at the camera.

Lots of viewers took to Twitter to complain and many wondered if it was fair that she had been brought on the show at all.

One viewer wrote: "Surely you can interview the mum on the subject without parading the little girl in front of the camera who is clearly uncomfortable @GMB."

@GMB pretty cruel to be talking about that little girl today like she wasn't there. No wonder she was upset! #puberty

😡obvious that poor little girl on good morning Britain doesn't want to be there to be gawked at - Mother !!!!!

you are cruel little girl didn't want to be there that simple her mother wanted her 5 mins obviously disgusting using kids!!!!!

Another added: "Poor girl being paraded on TV for rare embarrassing illness."

Someone else wrote: "Obvious that poor little girl on good morning Britain doesn't want to be there to be gawked at - Mother !!!!!"

Treatment for Navaeh's rare condition includes getting an injection every 12 weeks to suppress the hormones that trigger puberty.

A Good Morning Britain spokesperson said: "Charlie Denton appeared on today's programme to raise awareness about a serious condition affecting her daughter Nevaeh.

"Nevaeh was more than happy to be on the sofa with her mum but as the item began and due to the unpredictable behaviour of four-year-olds on live television, she became shy and hid her face.

"She was in no way embarrassed or distressed at the time of the interview or following it."

Good Morning Britain airs on weekdays on ITV at 6am.

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