@socowonder: While several issues & concerns come to mind, I am most curious about whether your expectations are realistic based on your written statements in the next to last paragraph in post #38 above. Will you really have that much control over your daughter’s modeling activities ? Best to address this with the agency prior to entering into a contractual relationship.
Although I do not know, I suspect that the agency’s reps will be spending more time with your daughter than you will with respect to her modeling activities, and I suspect that the modeling agency reps are highly skilled at influencing young models.
My point is that if you believe that you will be in control of your daughter’s modeling activities, then I think that you are being a bit unrealistic–although this is just a guess on my part. If the agency is going to commit their best efforts to developing your daughter’s talents, then the agency will expect the same level of commitment in return.
Have you contacted other young models with this or other major agencies in an effort to discuss their experiences ?
Verbal assurances about a contract are not worth the paper on which they are written.
Has your daughter considered taking a gap year before entering college in order to pursue her modeling career ? Is there a risk of performing poorly in both college & modeling if trying to do both at once ? Life is about choices & sacrifices & commitment.
At this time, you wrote that your daughter is considering applying to Reed & Vassar. If attempting to do both modeling & college at the same time, are these schools in a convenient location for modeling opportunities & obligations ?
I encourage you to hear the words of parent posters who have had direct experience with modeling, acting & ballet louder than those of us with only second hand knowledge or anecdotal information.
It is easy to understand how one such as your daughter can be affected by the offer of such a “glamorous” opportunity during a sensitive stage of her young life. If it is the right road & the right opportunity at the right time, then it deserves more than a part-time effort.