I think my baby is cute. And I'm thinking you think yours is, too. And hey, I think yours is cute, and you probably think mine is cute, right? Babies -- well, they're cute. Even when they're not, they are. They're tiny and squishy and pure and innocent. There really is nothing not to like about them. They're, in a word, adorable. But please, don't ask me if your child should be a model.
I'm guessing most of you have seen it. You log on to Facebook, or into your email account, and there it is: "Vote for my baby to be the next Gap/Gerber/You Name It model!" Really? Or maybe your friend has even asked you point blank: Do you think my son/daughter could be a model?
Of course your baby is cute -- like I said, it's nearly impossible to find one who isn't. And I genuinely love all the photos you post of him/her on Facebook -- I even show my family. Aw, look how sweet so-and-so's little one is! But there's something a little ... I don't know ... weird about telling other people, particularly people who have babies of their own, that you think your kid should be a model. Especially since, on some level, all parents probably think their children are beautiful enough to be models.
I'm a subscriber to the "some things should just be left unsaid" belief. And telling the world that you think your offspring is so gorgeous he or she should be in catalogs and on baby food jars is -- well, it's a bit crass. And it's probably better if it's not shared with the world. You may think your baby is the most perfect thing on Earth -- but so does every parent.
Have you ever been asked if you think someone else's child should be a model?
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The whole child model idea sounds all rainbows and unicorns to proud parents who have gorgeous children. When I have my own children I would love the idea to brag my children to the world, but on second thought I think I'd pass. You're thinking of it in a positive attitude only, because it's your parent enthusiasm speaking, but you really have to take a hard look at it statistically. These beauty pageants on tv are a joke, these impulsive compulsive mothers pushing their daughters like it's a beauty camp, making them dress like Rihanna and Nicky Minaj, it does not look bad on their little girls it looks bad on them, how foolish of them to sell them out like that because they're beautiful. A huge misconception in this it's that it's supposely to entertain parents at home or to amuse the viewers with child humor, but they're not the only ones admiring a beautiful innocent child, such thing as padephilia exists, all around the world. Your child's safety depends on how you want to portray her/him. You have to look at it drastically, anyone heard of the Jaycee Dugard story? Beautiful 11-year-old girl gets car snatched in the middle of the road, by a 40-Some guy who had a fetish for young children, that was the beggining of the end of her life. But I'm just stating child modeling and advertizing should'nt go too far like how some parents push it.
To each their own, but I don't agree with child modeling/pageants. 4 year olds are not supposed to have spray tans and fake teeth. It's all just very bizarre to me. When my daughter becomes older, maybe 12 or 13, and asks me if she can do a pageant, I may let her. But not as a small child, no way.