wow - what do you think?

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!!!

i dunno Dan - i mean it's not my decision, but, i just have visions of three natural weirdo innocent beauties turning into jon benet ramseys.... i mean, i dunno...

my sister said - she will take them out and if they don't want to do it then they don't have to ...

how likely is it that people will remember a welch's grape juice commercial with pixies?

sigh. yer right, of course, question closed, i guess i dig the fact that they have a great childhood, i.e. money, things they want to do, yet still remaining innocent and happy kids without the weirdness of my sister and i - i.e. no parental suicides, mental hospitals, delusions of elvis....

the issue is obv. mine. but still - it just *feels* weird. i.e. can't help it if i'm a good uncle...!

oh no - breaking down - must control and retain essential trollness .... hahahaa....

my sister and i had a hour long argument about it all....and was still anxious and worried, needed strangers to tell me that she is not leading them down to the path of child star hell.

i don't know how old the kids are, but you say your sis is a good mother, and if so, she should be able to explain the situation to the kids, respect their decisions and be an anchor for them. what about the kids? do they strike you as likely to become enamored with child stardom, or is this something they'll do if their mom explains that it is a one-off and will help them down the road?

it could be a good thing if only for the money. done once, used as an adventure-type-wow-thing.
i am sure your sister has thought this out, the biggest problem i would have ( as a mum ) is the possibility of future requests due to the exposure, and the temptation to go further for the extra money.
i would only do it as a 'one-off' thing.
then stay away from it all.

i dunno - she's a good mother - yeah, i'm obviously 100 percent down on it - but it's not the first time she's been asked - they are 3, 4 and 7 - when i talked to my wife, she just said, bloody hell, of course, her kids are beautiful. but - i dunno - it's easy to think, a child will want to do this, and if the child wants to do it, you should let them, right? that was my sister's argument and she explained it to them ... she has doubts about it as well, or else we won't be arguing about it on the phone for an hour (as we are solid front, you know) but this casting agent is ringing her all the time and telling her insane stuff - as she is hooked into hollywood, etc, etc... (canada is the new hollywood)....

it's strange - but i know my sister and she will refused. it was just odd because my sister was talking about how that could lead into other things - the only thing that has been done were pictures were taken.

it's pointless - i know her, she will say no - but it's insane some of the money that she was talking about - 1,500 a week for movie work, etc...etc...

but she is steadfast.

she this is pointless - she will say no. as my sister is a yes or no person at the end of the day (unlike me who is an anxious maybe lifer)

i just recieved an email from my sister and she's doing it donna's way - i.e. adventure aspect. and it will end there - as they are all thinking it's an adventure. *phew* it's so crazy temping the money that they were banding about!!!

thanks, guys for hearing me out.

Hey Doomie!

Your sis isn't about to become a stage mom, they don't need the money that much - sounds like ideal background for letting kids do a bit of work. Just make her put the cash away and not let anyone touch it until the kids are 18.

hey suzy...

I know, my sister is a strong woman - but i can't help it I love those kids, crazy mad and am coming to ontario just to see them at christmas!!!

they don't need the money but it's all the ickiness associated....

plus her kids are little weirdos, not stage kids....the stage kids will eat them alive!

that's good - the kids will not need steady work or absurd sums of money, and certainly not at the expense of their childhood. but 15 grand in the bank will be great for them as it will give them lots of options when the time comes (possibly not just college fund), and we all want to give our kids the chance to do or have things we didn't...

(possibly not just college fund), and we all want to give our kids the chance to do or have things we didn't...

boxcubed you have summed up my sister's attitude to parenting - cycle of abuse pfah. . . they are great kids and she's got the money to let the kids do more than we did - which was swimming lessons at the YMCA for two weeks...!! ooops - sorry kids dad is in the mental hospital again and will have to spend the money on him....

christ, why was i born with a dead elvis obsessed parent....

you want to hear something funny? or ironic - guess what my sister does? she's a manager of a suicide hotline.

she's got stories that will depress the hell out of you!

she's got stories that will depress the hell out of you!

(that was a joke by the way....she's never told me anything and to be honest i don't think i would ever want to know)

i will tell if you if it ever airs - hahahaha - doom-e's nieces - classic or dud. actually - nah - i will go ballistic if someone duds them!!!!!

aawww...heck - i love my sister too!!

*last verges of trolliness gone*

*creeps away*

I went to uni with (one of )The Milky Bar Kid(s), and he seemed perfectly well adjusted, relative to the control group of other students

It's a good idea, but make sure your niece doesn't go the way of Todd Bridges, Dana Plato or Nick Dastoor.

If they aren't allowed to do it then s/he will spend the rest of their lives ruing the fact that they could have been the Welch's Grape Juice kid.

Not only should they be allowed to do it, but if they enjoy it and the opportunity comes up, they should be allowed to run with it for as far as they can go.

I want to be the welch's grape juice bald gap-toothed double chinned man! $15k? I'll do it for 5.

5000 or just 5?