Modelling for Babies

[Donna247]

does anyone know any models adacey for babys modeling?
or any websites for it?

the big problem I have with your post patzcrazy is that is just isn't very funny

it makes you sound like a nutter

Mums who think that sticking their little treasures in front of a camera to stand stock still for a few hours and then insist that they children actually 'enjoy' this are nutters!

i put my 8 year old daughter inn for modelling nearly a year ago now. she has low self esteem and thought that it might help , along with her dance classes . MODELS DIRECT IN NORWICH dont use them i paid £116 for 3 years and have never even recieved her registration documents. half of them are scams and i even found this agency through the yellow pages .
i strongly reccomend that if you or your children are going to do modelling that you find an agency that someone you know uses
lil rant there soz

I think Models Direct are quite well known scam-merchants. Sorry you were had by them.

wouldnt persue it any more waste of time and money . my opinion now is she is beautiful and i dont want to share her any way lol

hi tigeryuan
WHat did you decide in the end??????

All children are beautiful, I just think it's a bit sick that some agency tart gets to say who is more interesting looking or prettier than another, and mothers who are happy to let their children be compared with others. What makes one child prettier than another? And how terrible to instill those feelings into children! If you have a child with low self-esteem, how would she take it if she were rejected by an agency?

I am reminded of little Terri, the girl who suffered 90% burns to her entire body. She will never grace the pages of a fashion magazine, but I have never come across such a beautiful child in all my life. And when her dad looks into her eyes and tells her that she is beautiful, you know that he means it.

totally agree with you rhubarb, if my daughter was rejected i would not of let on to the reason why she couldnt do this ( maybe say it was too far away or something?)

i do believe that every child is beautiful and no body should have the right to say other wise

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agree rhubarb - have only just read this thread and really feel even more strongly than I already did that the whole concept of modelling is pathetic and the parents who traipse round casting etc are even more pathetic. My dds are both gorgeous ( of course!) but I would never dream of signing them up to something which buys their looks. It would make me feel like a pimp - oops, better duck now.....

izzyrubi, aside from the fact that I think using kids to sell products is diabolical, I think it does send out the wrong message to children and robs them of their innocence. It encourages them to look at appearances only. It used to be that children were the least judgemental of us all, but now they are increasingly judgemental and I think we as parents are failing our children by forcing them into adulthood too soon.

its derigeur to put your babies hair up into a 'pebbles' style tuft on the top of their head

and make them wear over the top dresses and lacy socks

always looks very stylish at castings

We need to start a "debate" thread as an offshoot from this advice and support thread.

Do try remember that we do not pounce on other people's threads (well, at least I don't) and criticise their parenting choices.

No doubt there are those on this board who will succumb to your *hit stirring - enjoy!

Roll up, roll up!!! Trainwreck in progress!!!! See it right here - the "holier-than-thou versus people they disagree with".

Going to make popcorn - this should be good!

start another one then pimmsy

this one is too long and old and out of date now anyway

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Done!!!!

Two threads. Support and advice. Debate.

Let's let this one die, ladies...

But just saying that this is the way the world is does not justify it does it?

Personally I would not sell anything, I'm against capitalism full stop! But at least adults know a bit more about the product they are selling, they are a bit more wordly wise and know what terms such as capitalism mean. Children are naive and trust us, the responsible adult, to make decisions for them. Therefore using them in this way I just feel is not right. It's like using children to advertise Nestle products, when Nestle are responsible for the deaths of thousands of babies in third world countries. It's just not right.

And yes modelling of any kind contributes to the 'perfection' attitude that this society has. Children are groomed and the industry has become a lot more cut-throat since you were modelling no doubt. I think it is wrong to expose children to that.

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AHA! You're speaking to the wrong person there! I do plenty about it!

My time, my breath, you are quite right!

Actually I don't think it is a bad idea to have all the opinions on one thread. Some parents who are thinking about Modelling for their kids may read this thread and be put off modelling as they maynot have forseen some of the issues, some may read this thread and see the better agencies etc.

I do respect your point Rhubarb, but I work in advertising so cannot understand why modelling/advertising/consumerism is THAT bad (please don't answer this as it is a different subject). Also where products for kids, from nappies to clothes etc I want to see on children, I want to see how toys work from a child's eye view etc.

Like a number of mums have said on here they do NOT cart their kids around to castings and see them rejected/disappointed (I don't do castings at all) and some others do it as a bit of fun. Loads of people have said how can standing in front a camera for hours be fun, well in my experience the child is not standing in fornt of a camera for hours. The last job DD did she changed into a clean t-shirt, brushed her hair, stood behind a table and made pizza (which included throwing handfuls of flour at the photographer) she thought it was great to go home with her own pizza!! The whole job to 1hr and she will be paid £200 ish. Look out for it in ASDA mag in Feb She loves having her hair done - but they rarely spend more than 5 mins on this - and trying on new clothes, again 5 - 10 mins. Then she stands around playing with toys, stoking bunnies, throwing balls or whatever for about 5 - 10 mins. Stops to have a break and a snack and sometimes does it again, usually goes home Only once did we ever spend more than 2 hrs at a job, and that was becasue another model was over an hour late. We read books and played with the makeup, the stylist and DD had a blast mucking about.

All I want to say to those who are TOTALLY against the business, I respect your point of view, there is a lot of dodgy people doing it, a lot of pushy mums and unhappy children, BUT it isn't all bad, my DD genuinely enjoys it (she is now 6) as she always gets a present to come home with and a day out in London

yackertyyack - i'll choose MOT, they seem very good agency to work with.

I know a little about the industry because I used to model a loooong time ago. A lot of the shoots I did was with children. I was in my late teens or very early twenties, but often "played" the mother of children up to 10 in adverts. IME the industry don't hold back. Baby modelling is full of both industry-people and pushy mums watching their little ones weight for example. It just goes with the territory and I have heard very young children being told to loose weight. Well, the parents are told, but with the children listening in. I would never in a million years let my children model. I agree with Rhubarn. I am probably a failed bitterresentful ex-model, but the industry is all about superficial qualities in people. They promote beautiful people. You very rarely see disabled children advertise anything for example. I resent that and would never introduce my children to it. They find out soon enough.

I am sure there are some children who genuinly enjoy it and are not harmed by it, but I wouldn't take the risk. It's dog eats dog.

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