[manimal]

i'm looking for opinions from any 's that have done childhood modeling in the past. a friend of a friend is a modeling scout for some company that does a lot of the ad work in sunday paper ads (jc penny, sears....) and said that he'd love to have my daughter do a shoot for some petite kids clothes. anyway.......what's it like for the kid? if you ever did any modeling was it fun? my daughter is almost 15months old, usually happy and can sit pretty still when there's a camera in the room.

so....should i take him up on his offer?

here's a vintage pic we took last month (proud dad has to show her off )

 

[luken8r]

Id hit it!

 

[Tenchiro]

I posed naked for a magazine when I was a kid.



Well for a magazine and some candy.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I say go for it! It's about damn time these little leeches started paying their way.................



-S.S.-

 

[manimal]

Id hit it!

you're lucky you can post behind the anonymity of the internet. you don't want to know what i'd do to you if i heard you say that about my daughter to my face.



i'm looking for serious opinions. does starting a kid in modeling early give them the beauty pageant syndrome?

 

[Tenchiro]

i'm looking for serious opinions. does starting a kid in modeling early give them the beauty pageant syndrome?

I know lots of kids with that, who have never modeled a day in their lives. I think it is all about the parents attitude, kids are basically mirrors of their folks actions.

 

[Dingus McGee]

Hell yeah! Race cars, tanks and halftracks on dioramas, The Suburbanite, Frankenstein, oh The Creature from the Black Lagoon - I loved that one, bombers, fighters, warships, loved modelling- the best part was burning them.

Original Testors packed a wallop!

-HIJACK OFF-

Sorry, but I would be very careful going down that road with my kids.
Expectations, money, disappointment, pressure, etc.....and that's just me.

 

[SkaredShtles]

you're lucky you can post behind the anonymity of the internet. you don't want to know what i'd do to you if i heard you say that about my daughter to my face.

Can we get a sense of humor check in isle 4, please?? Seems someone has misplaced his.

-S.S.-

 

[Superdeft]

Can we get a sense of humor check in isle 4, please?? Seems someone has misplaced his.

-S.S.-

S.S., I'm assuming you're not a parent, I doubt there are any parents that would find it funny in any circumstance....

manimal - I'm not a parent, however because the modeling isn't essential to your child's well-being, if you do have concern about beauty pageant syndrome or self-image concerns, then don't bother. She's not going to regret not having done so later in life, and the time might be just as well spent with another activity or just playing with her dad.

 

[RhinofromWA]

Does she look like she is having fun?

 

[pixelninja]

I say try it and see how she likes it. If she digs it, then fine. Maybe she has a modeling career ahead of her. If she doesn't like it, fine also. As long as you honestly keep her best interest in mind and don't try to push her into doing what YOU want her to do, then you should be ok.

 

[manimal]

Can we get a sense of humor check in isle 4, please?? Seems someone has misplaced his.

-S.S.-

that comment is funny when referring to an ADULT model in provocative clothing....it is expected there. making that comment about my 15 MONTH OLD daughter is completely out of line and would get you seriously hurt if said near me. remember.....big guy with lots of guns and close combat fighting skills protects his daughter very well.

i'm thinking that maybe we'll try it now before she's old enough to develop the ego and see where it goes from there.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Dear officer manimal, please think like a cop.

There are whole industries that suck parents into paying fees for kiddie modeling training, and their placement statistics approach zero.

Proceed with caution, or, better yet, get her into bike racing instead.

Deadly serious,

John

 

[MMike]

Id hit it!

oh SO very NOT cool....

Not even remotely close to being funny.



and actually, it's sufficiently inappropriate that you should consider deleting that post. Seriously...

 

[Broken_Spoke]

I know a girl that was in beauty pagents when she was young and was catered to by every one and it defenately effected how she acted tworads others. I think that it made her think that she was up higher than every one but also gaver her anxity (sp) about not wnating to go out cause she didn't look just right. I know that the looks thing is prevalant in some females but in her it seems to be at a higher degree. As well as this it seems to effected her by making her think that she can get away with anything.

 

[ghettorigged]

I was a model for Sears-Roebuck when I was a baby. I never modeled later in life and I really don't remember much about it. I just knew I had to wear frilly damn dresses and I would have rather been playing in the dirt. However, the money was wisely put into an account and it made a nice start to my college fund later.

Thanks mom!

 

[manimal]

Dear officer manimal, please think like a cop.

There are whole industries that suck parents into paying fees for kiddie modeling training, and their placement statistics approach zero.

Proceed with caution, or, better yet, get her into bike racing instead.

Deadly serious,

John

yeah...i've heard of those, even dealt w/ them myself. there was an open casting call in san diego for some commercial thingy...i got a call back and turns out they just wanted me to pay to go to the national "try out" type thingy.

don't worry...if i have to pay anything i'm out. this is a reliable friend that has offered to do the photoshoot for us. i figure it can't hurt...she's too young right now to know any different.

 

[Rip]

I posed naked for a magazine when I was a kid.

Too much information!

 

[jdcamb]

Id hit it!

And when you end up in jail.....you new friends will probably hit it too. Perv!

 

[T-Pirate]

Well whats the worst case scenario? She hates it and all that comes of it is some good pictures of your daughter. I think you should give it a go, but if your daughter isn't cool with it, then just ditch the idea.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

A friend of mine got into a similar situation with his 1 year old girl. He was smart, paid no fees or anything like that and just went with the flow. Apparently she was really good at sitting still and looking where directed.

Kind of sounds like what you would be getting into if your friend is a true professional. I still talk to that buddy of mine and he mentioned that after about 2 years of "some what" regular photo shoots for similar type ads his daughter has paid for her own college education. Not only that but he was talking about how it was nice that it gave him/her and his wife some structured things to do with her. I guess its not always so easy to come up with stuff to do with a 1 year old. (I have no idea, just repeating)

Good luck... cute picture too

 

[chicodude]

Id hit it!

why the hell would you even think about sayin that.its not even my kid and im pissed off. you'll get what's comin to you, believe me......

 

[SkaredShtles]

S.S., I'm assuming you're not a parent, I doubt there are any parents that would find it funny in any circumstance....
<snip>

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Wrongo! Two out the gate and one in the oven......

Please drive through.

-S.S.-

 

[SkaredShtles]

<snip> i figure it can't hurt...she's too young right now to know any different.

You gotta be careful - this may not actually be true..... she may not "remember" it, but saying she won't "know any different" is probably not true. Remember, these are the *most* formative years of her life......

-S.S.-

 

[Morryjg]

We have had lots of comments about our son "should be a model like the gerber baby" or whatever. We haven't ever done anything with it, but here's a link I found one day just doing some reading on what's involved: http://www.babyzone.com/parenting/childmodel.asp

 

[Cursor]

since you already have the connection (friend of a friend), you might want to try it out. if you wanted to pursue modeling for your daughter and had no connections, it would probably take a big chunk of money and time.

 

[Mocha]

I read a thread about this the other day. Someone mentioned that their sister's daughter had done some modelling. When she was around 4, they asked her to pick up some toys. She replied "I don't have to pick up my toys because I'm beautiful". Well that was it for the modeling. Good luck with it!

 

[TreeSaw]

I did some modelling when I was little...mainly flower girl dresses, etc. for wedding shows. It was fun (or atleast I look like I was having fun in all the pics.) I don't remember some of the earlier years. I don't necessarily believe that being a childhood model is going to hurt your daughter. If she appears to enjoy it and you can keep her grounded (don't do everything for her and pamper her, etc.) then you should be fine. Plus, you'll have some sweet pics to show off (proud pappa)

By the way...she is a doll!!!

 

[Tully]

I think it would be fine, but only as long as she is as unaware as possible of the uniqueness of childhood modeling--that will change with time, of course, but until then, she just needs to feel and act like a kid. With that said, is she were my child, one of my biggest concerns would be the inevitable obsession with bodily perfection. That is bad for anyone, but simply devastating for a child. So I guess my advice would be to give it a try, but don't expect it to work out.