A 'goth' mum from a small community in Peebles, the Borders, claims she is shunned at the school gates, and her two children don't get invited to play dates because of her look.
Jodie, 27, claims other parents don't let their children play with her two kids - a daughter, aged six, and a three-year-old son - because they find the mum 'scary'. Jodie has a very unique look - including tattoos, piercings and red dreadlocks - and a distinct style when it comes to clothes.
When collecting her children from school, Jodie is forced to stand alone as other parents shun her in the playground. The mother-of-two said that other kids are banned from being friends with hers, reports The Mirror.
Jodie said: "I get negative looks quite a lot, especially when I go shopping or to the park. I think it can look quite intimidating to people that aren't educated about it, which I can understand.
"They say I must be a satan worshipper, which obviously isn't true. It's nothing to do with religion, it's freedom of expression.
"It's just unfortunate because then my kids get exposed to that negative mindset about being wary of people that are different.
"There's a lot of different parents from a lot of places, like of kids that play at soft plays, it can be difficult. When people don't know you they tend to judge you, like judging a book by its cover.
"I stand by myself in the playground. There's a big group of mums who stand in a big circle talking to each other about gin and prosecco, so I don't fit in with the middle-class mum section."
Jodie says people judge her on her look and act like she's 'weird' and has 'stolen' her children.
She added: "I'm not weird, I just wear my weird on the outside, not the inside. It still happens sometimes, they look at me like I've stolen my kids.
"I tell them it's not a negative thing, I say it's all about perception and like art - maybe they don't understand it, but that's ok.
"I teach my kids that you have to treat everyone nicely, even if they look a little different.
"I don't want them to think they can't be themselves."
Jodie, who goes by the stage name Alt Jodie, said her unique look 'is not loved by everybody' and it leaves her feeling like 'Gandalf among the Hobbits'.
She added: "It's not loved by everybody in the town, it's not the best feeling. There are some people that are of an older generation or different upbringing that aren't exposed to different types of people like the younger generation is.
"I do look very different, especially in the summer when you can see all my tats and things.
"Because I'm in a very rural area, in the middle kind of town. Basically like how the Hobbits live in the Shire in the Lord of the Rings, I'm a bit like Gandalf when he turns up."
