Would you let your 10 year old do junior bake off

[Adultingishard2]

I have a just turned 10 year old who has begged us to apply for junior bake off,
bit of info though so I don’t drip feed
she is very medically complex - 100 percent fed Vs blood stream. She is also on the asd pathway.
she is naturally shy, passive and a little chaotic all at once.
she does love baking - and her decorating skills have much improved this year.
i can help but feel like it’s too much pressure on any child let alone who struggles with an ordinary day at school !
I also can’t stand Harry hill and find him just cringy and gives me the ick.
DD would likely curse him is he put her off 🤣🙈

You know your child best and if you think it's likely to be too much or something about it makes you feel uncomfortable, that's good enough reason not to do it in my opinion.
You could still encourage her to develop her baking skills so she can apply to the 'real' one when she's older.

No, but I wouldn’t encourage my children to go on TV at all, I wouldn’t want people commenting about them online or recognising them in the street.

What do you think is the likelihood of getting far in the selection process? Perhaps you could support an application and find out more about the committment then decide?

Let her apply, she's not likely to actually get in. So long as you manage her expectations about the process, why not?

Harry Hill is actually a very kind and thoughtful man.

How would she feel about being rejected/sent home ?
How would she deal with cameras filming her while she cooks or people approaching her and asking questions ?
How would she deal with people at school asking her questions about filming it spoilers like who wins the series ?
Would she be ok with teachers or random adults in the playground approaching her with congratulations or kids at school giving her unsolicited comments about her efforts ?
Would she cope with a stranger on the street recognising her ?

It's highly unlikely she'll get through the selection process anyway; they'll get hundreds of applications. Also, if she did get through to the audition stage, the production company would absolutely be able to tell whether she had the right kind of personality for the programme - they wouldn't put her through if they felt she was too shy or easily upset.

I think you should let her apply but manage her expectations very carefully.

Harry Hill is lovely, by the way - I've met him and he came across as very nice. Regardless of whether you like him, he's very good with the kids on the show.