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    Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?

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    Image of phnuggle phnuggle
    11/05/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I did modeling when I was a kid - not beauty-pageant stuff, like JC Penney stuff. I don't remember doing them very often, not more than every month or so, and I made a shit-ton of money doing it, apparently. My mother only let me have access to small amounts of it when I was little, so I still am living off the savings (albeit supplemented by the apparently requisite shitty retail/restaurant jobs later in life) and I'm 23 now. So no, they're not horrible parents. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I knew a cute kid with an easygoing personality whose parents took him on some modeling auditions. I lost track with the family for a while, but when I googled the kid to see what had happened, it turned out he was an incredibly talented jazz violinist at the age of 14, and remarkably well adjusted and self-possessed (according to some friends who had met him at "fiddle camp"). So...probably not so easy to generalize with this one. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Parah_Salin Parah_Salin
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I used to think it was cruel that six year olds were forced to make my Kathie Lee Giffords. The Gifford overlords in Malaysia probably have this photo hanging up in the sweatshop, and if anyone gets a case of crankypants or needs a nap they threaten the offender with the dress in the after photo - "you think your life is so tough crybaby, have you ever tried tap dancing while twirling a baton in a taffetta, nylon, bejeweled travesty like this on a hot Texas afternoon? I thought not, now back to the sewing machine and stop crying." Then they run an endless video loop of Carrie Prejean crying over the injustices she's suffered to show the Malaysian kids how they've truly been blessed by God. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    11/04/09

    @Parah_Salin: [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of MissBuckyC MissBuckyC
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    Uhm, people are confusing the Evil that is Baby Beauty Pageants with child models- i.e. children who get paid to wear clothes for the Gap and JCrew, or appear on toy boxes and in advertisements. Those kids aren't orphans found on the street- they have parents! This ain't a new thing. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/04/09

    @MissBuckyC: Bogus modeling agencies for children are also an age-old scam. Not to mention that the idea of making four-year-olds work so their upper-middle-class parents can "save money" makes me stabby. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of MissBuckyC MissBuckyC
    11/05/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: I know there are tons of scam artists out there (a friend of mine got scammed one time) and people should research any "agency" that approaches them. Number one red flag is any agency that asks for money upfront.

    I also believe as long as any money made from modeling goes into an account for the child, and not used to line the parent's purse, that's ok (though any money in the bank under a child's name could be deducted from college financial aid). I worked for a small toy company and we would do our own photo shoots. The kids we brought in were all well behaved and the parents were cool.

    It's just REALLY different than "Tots 'n' Tiaras." That's the shit that makes ME stabby. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of femme-bot femme-bot
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    Wait, there's money in modeling?! #kidsthesedays
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    The best way to tell if your child will be a good model has nothing to do with looks. They need an incredible amount of patience, be able to concentrate (or at least pay attention to the shiny thing, predictably) and need to follow directions to a tee. If they don't have it, don't even try. #kidsthesedays
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    11/04/09

    @meechybee: Do you work with children models? #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    11/04/09

    @meechybee: Yeah, my kid's adorable but I have no illusions about him being model material. Unless it's action photography of a whirling dervish. #kidsthesedays
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    11/04/09

    @adiam7: I have in the past -- in my annual report days (when the budgets were good and companies actually printed their reports). So I've had enough experience with models of all ages to know that one bad model can ruin an entire day's shoot.

    A kid need to be a kid on camera, let their personality come through, and have fun with the process. Otherwise, parents will do more harm than good trying to make stars out of them before they even know what they like.

    Oh yeah, and I love this sketch...
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    Edited by meechybee at 11/04/09 11:41 PM meechybee was starred meechybee was unstarred
    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    11/04/09

    @meechybee: this is good! I was asking because someone from Wilhelmina gave me a card for my nephew who is nothing short of absolute gorgeousness. I guess he would have the temperament since he is such a sweet kid, but he does not have the time. He has soccer, basketball and swimming . They go on at different times of the year. He also has wrestlers he needs to tend to and friends he needs to get with. There is the new added responsibility of a fish, frogs and a very active snail.He also devotes a great deal o f time to eating and planning on eating. I guess the runways will have to wait . #kidsthesedays
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/05/09

    @adiam7: My nephew is very much the same (cute despite our gene pool, well mannered, etc.) -- but I know he has have much more fun on the ball field than he ever would in the studio. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    11/05/09

    @meechybee: It's ok their looks, personalities and brains will get them pretty far. Nephews are the best. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of nonethewiser nonethewiser
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    This reminds me of the "fun" Halloween parades/contests I was placed in as a child. My mother would grab my arm, give a little shake, and say: "Get out there and SMILE. Do you understand! If you don’t win the blue ribbon it is ALL YOUR FAULT." Ah, yes. Good times. Good times. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    The point of child-models is that they're supposed to look like children, not mini-cocktail waitresses.
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    SidAndFinancy promoted this comment Edited by meechybee at 11/04/09 3:57 PM meechybee was starred meechybee was unstarred
    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    11/04/09

    @meechybee: As long as they're serving me cocktails, I'm fine either way. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Parah_Salin Parah_Salin
    11/04/09

    @SidAndFinancy: I would go to a bar with children waitresses dressed like the one above on any day of the week. It would make me feel like a huge, well dressed, giant with great hair. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/05/09

    @meechybee: Aren't mini cocktails for children? #kidsthesedays
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    Image of intime intime
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    That little girl looks like she's going to cry in that second pic.

    Yeah, we saw how much the pageant mom's saved for college after spending $5000 to win a $1000 savings bond. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of BBQcornnuts BBQcornnuts
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I like Joel McHale's description of the girl above on Toddlers and Tiaras. He called it "Rock of Love: The Prequel." #kidsthesedays
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    My mom tried to do this! We are now all incredible disasters with amazing college loans outstanding and work in the following fields: 1) media 2) cocktail waitressing 3) um, hair modeling in Japan judging by the photos I was sent the other day. I don't really know what sis #3 is actually doing.

    DON'T DO THIS TO YOUR KIDS, PPL. #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Shawn J Waldron Shawn J Waldron
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I have two daughters under the age of four who are both really cute (luck of the gene pool). My wife and I told told at least once a week, typically in the grocery store, that we should sign them up with a modeling agency. When we smile and say thank you in the most politely blow-off way we can the answer is always, "But you could make them money for college!" Um, what about crushing their innocence and lack of self-doubt? Never too early to do that! #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I'm just saying if some idiot dressed me in Skittle colored razor ribbon, pulled every strand of hair off my head into a very "Lurleen" bouffant, and made me dance for my supper... I'd look like 3 root canals and a cavity search just occurred too. If you wouldn't look that way as an adult without being on psychotropic meds, why is it okay to dress your child in deranged clown vomit? #kidsthesedays
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    Image of Island of Misfit Toys Island of Misfit Toys
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    Wow. I think I can actually see that little girl's soul being sucked out through her teeth in that second photo. #kidsthesedays

    BTW: I think the dress needs more cut-outs...and feathers.
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/04/09

    In reply to Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child's Looks, For Money?
    I'm waiting for 3' Stripper Poles for the aspiring child model set.
    Err, "waiting" as in, with dread. Not with rapt, drooling anticipation. #kidsthesedays
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