Model or not?

Question

Everyone keeps telling me I should sign my 6 year old up to a modeling agency - she is pretty and tall for her age and loves to dress up and have he picture taken but come on she is only 6 don't all 6 year old girls love to dress up and pretend they are models? Would you sign your kid up? How would you even go about it? Would it harm her self esteem?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I have had the same said of my daughter, who is 8, ever since she was a baby. I would never consider it. I think it would harm her self-esteem and teach her that the only value she has is that of her appearance. My friend got her daughter into modelling when she was five, and although she appeared in some magazines, she said the amount of work put in did not equate with the money she made (very little) and that when her daughter was rejected at castings, it wasn't handled sensitively and her daughter was utterly distraught. She regretted her decision and took her child off the books. My friend's daughter is 14 and just got accepted by a top London agency, already she has turned from a beautiful and natural girl into a posing, moody attention seeker.

I often let my daughter put on make up and dress up then spend ages taking photos of her, which she keeps in an album, these are her modelling shots, which she shows to all her friends, but is clear that she never wants to actually be a model. Look at the Kate Mosses and Naomi Campbells of this world, they were teenagers, and it screwed with their brains big time. I wouldn't do it if I were you.

Answer 3

If it is something you are interested in, I would look into small things right now, like modeling for flyers and catalogues. She's a child, and putting too much work on her could either shorten her childhood, of make her a little cocky of all the attention. When she is about 14, you could sit down and have a heart to heart talk with her about what she would like to do. Also, she is only 6, and if too much focus is put on her looks now, and then through adolesence, if her looks change, it will be a huge let down. Right now I would focus on her beauty inside, and teach her about that before working on the superficial outside. I am glad though that you were blessed with a very pretty daughter. :) And yes, most girls around age 6 love to dress up and pretend they are princesses, which they all are. :)

Answer 4

I wouldn't do it. I modeled some and trust me, sometimes I got my feelings hurt and I was a teenager. A child that small can be crushed by negative comments. My daughter is 8, gorgeous and very photogenic. She wants to model since she knows I did and I always tell her NO, that she has to wait and get a bit older first!

Answer 5

If she's just doing a little then it's harmless, she may even make a career out of it! It's just those pushy parents that harm their kids but if you get the balance right in that she has fun doing it but she also needs to get her education then I'm she will do just fine!

Answer 6

Just a little modeling can't hurt. If she models for department store catalouges, she won't have to much pressure put on her. Wait till she's older to ask if she wants to do more, though.

Answer 7

this must be a fate moment.. no doubt she is gorgeous , just like her mum.. so go for it.. and she might be a top model in 12 years time... it will do her nothing but good... strike while the iron is hot!!

Answer 8

that is up to you. Do you want your daughter to grow uip real fast and take on a job as a model? Or do you want your daughter to live a normal childhood?

Answer 9

give her at least next six years before it
then you could ask her if she would like to do it
the risk of hurting her now is too big

Answer 10

she would be more confident so id sign her up