Maybe not completely. There are many children model agencies for advertising, I am talking about legit business in civilised countries, all legal and regulated.

I think that the parents have to make a sensible choice if they see their children can make some money that may later give them a better education or pay their College in the future. If the "work" consists mostly in acting, posing, etc... and is limited in time and accepted willingly by the children (they normally like earning some money) I don´t think is something that could have a bad effect on them. It could actually be positive, as the are learning a profession by doing... maybe starting an acting career. How is that worse that memorising some of the nonsense that plagues the education systems.

 Think of it this way: Children do have their own share of task at school and it is all right if they have to do something that requires some effort.

Obviously, careers or jobs that prevent them from having a normal development, friends, time to play, etc... are out of the question for me. Also, any benefit must be exclusively for their welbeing, education or saved for their future needs.


I would not consider acceptable to use the children´s image for anything that are not products for children. For me, seeing an add with children just trying to manipulate the parents out there is a red signal for not ever buying the brand.