If I recall reading somewhere that picture isn't of the mother "working the pole". The mother actually works at a grocery store and she is standing at the till. The child has depicted the mother of taking money from people (maybe that is what mommy tells her daughter she does for work) yet has left out a major piece of information which would be the groceries. I would have to find it to confirm, however the perception of what adults think is drawn and what the child believes they have drawn come into question many times due to the lack of the child's knowledge and the dirty minds of adults.