Another day another decision....so Kyoko's latest obsession is modelling, she's always had an interest in it but the past week or so she has done nothing else. Every waking hour has been spent either modelling herself, making her dolls model or watching something model or talent related (america's next top model, britain's got talent, x-factor). So without thinking much about it I sent her details to a talent/model agency, thinking if she somehow got accepted it may be fun to indulge her obsession a little...well they contacted me the next day to say they want her on their books.
Here's the bit I need to decide about, you have to pay (that is an industry standard), difference with this place is it's a one time fee of ?90 for now until she is 18, unlike other agency's that charge around that amount per year. They also charge ?110 for an induction workshop in which they will do a model shoot, film shoot and give her alot of coaching before deciding where her focus is best placed (whether she's better suited to modelling or acting). It's a very reputable company and everything (all the major companies get their kids from them and they have alot of independant reviews etc) so I know it's not a scam it's just ...?200 on an obsession, it's alot of money and she may not get any work out of it. Although I suppose the majority of it is for the workshop which is basically a day of modeling and acting so not too different to paying for a fun day out for her.
I just don't know what to do, my husband says it's fine and that it's worth it because it will make her so happy but I keep thinking what if I regret it in 6 months time when she's had no work or hundreds of auditions and not got a single job from it. I also don't want to get her hopes too high because she's been looking at the companies list of clients and she saw things like harry potter (they provided many of the extras for the film) and also clothing companies that she likes and I think she thinks that she's going to be starring in films every week inbetween shooting for major clothing brands(she's a very very confident girl). I've explained to her that there will be hundreds of kids going for the same roles but only 1 or 2 are picked so she can't get upset if she doesn't get picked much and she says she won't but still it's worrying that she's going to have a real crushing disappointment if she goes for a film or TV role, sets her heart on it and then doesn't get it.
In other news I think my illness has finally passed, my throat is still a bit dry and my temp keeps randomly going up but on the whole I feel better, I need to get some blood tests done today or tomorrow just waiting for the doc to call and tell me when.