I’m the furthest thing from a fashion model, but one of my sons was definitely all about “pretty girls” when he was three. And *all* three-year-olds I’ve ever met have been into scarves…fleece and otherwise, they’re just fun.

Really, I mostly see a little boy playing around in his father’s profession. Kids don’t have to be “prodded” to act like the adults closest to them in many ways; that’s normal child development. Kids whose parents are doctors play with stethoscopes and discarded lab coats, don’t they? He walked with his dad in the Chanel show…is it really that different from a little boy walking with his dad through other professions, like a rancher dad taking his little boy with him to check on a cow that just gave birth or something? It’s not Toddlers and Tiaras at all—he’s not competing with other little kids and getting made up and sexualized to an insane degree.

As far as the sentence about letting him wait til he can make an informed choice about modeling…eh, lots of three-year-olds are models. A parent is plenty capable of the decision to let their child model, within certain boundaries. There’s nothing too edgy here, so unless you want to eliminate all child acting and modeling from diaper commercials on up, you’re just picking on this family because their dad is different from the dads in your circles. Knock it off.

My son is totally into scarves, shoes and hats. Though I wouldn’t say it was “this season”. It’s been pretty consistent. Seems like every other parent who puts an adult gloss on very normal child behaviour. I’m not suprised people involved in the fashion industry would put a silly fashion speak gloss on it.

My son adores his good shoes. (Yes, I bought my two year old nice loafers!) He beems when I let him wear them. I have to hide them or else he won’t wear his regular runners.

And I don’t see a come hither look. I see an adorable little boy. He’s beautiful. Child modelling is pretty common. Maybe this little boy will be able to have a nice nest egg from it. I leave it to parents to decide whether their child can handle working. Some kids can and others can’t.

There is nothing wrong or this picture. Just a little boy taking a nice picture with his dad. Yes children follow ….Liking a scarf? Of course.

Blow your nose and wipe your eyes. Get ahold of yourself and think for one moment that you (the writer) are taking things out of context and you don’t know the whole story. So the three yr old is into scarves, what kid (boy or girl) isn’t at one point or another around this age? You could write about the 10 month old who is still missing from her home (I think it’s in Oklahoma) and it looks like it could have been the mother (still not sure on that one). There is time better spent!

Everyone is different, however with that being said, you guys are stating only your side of the article also, she isn’t saying that its scarves themselves, its the fact that it’s a fashion statement he is into and at an age that young children shouldnt know what a fashion statement even is, Do you remember what it’s like to have a three year old? Do you have children? my daughter loves scarves too but because they are fun not because they are a high fashion requirement. She is simply stating that in order to be so successful at such a young age a lot of his innocence and childhood memories that he should have as a toddler and young child he will miss out on, come on you can’t tell me that he can be this successful without giving up normal everyday things that a child should have. And let’s not be stupid here, everyone knows Sex sells and two things go great together, and thats sex and fashion, otherwise why would models strut down the run way in provactive things? I think at any age its not ok to sexualize your children, and people do it all the time. You should let children be children because they only get to be babies, toddlers and little kids just once!

There’s a whole lot of judgement and assumptions being made here. I don’t believe any of you, author(s) included, have sat down with Hudson and his parent(s) to discuss his modeling career, home life and other interests, what his life is like in general. And let’s not forget that this is an article about an article about an article.

By the way, my child models, started when she was 7 months and is now 5 years old. She’s no less innocent than the average 5 year old, has not been “exposed” to inappropriate behavior or environments in the industry, is free to play and ride her bike, run, play in mud/sand, etc. Oh and yes, she gets paid for this. Checks come in her name, we match her pay and deposit into a college fund. Our child is very well-adjusted, does great in school, makes friends easily and is an all around great, full-of-life child. And yes, she likes clothes and not because I have influenced that. She has been allowed to have a say in what clothes she wears (when not going to school where a uniform is required), and has figured out for herself what she likes and doesn’t like – this of course changes at any given moment – as any parent knows. It does not however, make her a fashionista, style guru ready to shell out fashion advice. But, I will not stifle her with my ideas, likes and opinions.

My child didn’t have a say at first, but has been able to communicate likes and dislikes and we have been very much in touch with that and won’t force her (or even try to convince her) to do any casting calls or jobs she doesn’t want to do. If she feels up to it, is having fun and wants to “go take pictures” we go. If she doesn’t, we don’t go. Additionally, we decline any casting/job requests we feel are not appropriate and/or interfere with school or other things in her life that she participates in.

We don’t criticize the athlete for signing up his/her kid to play sports, musicians for making their kids take music classes and learn to play instruments, dancers for taking their kids to ballet/jazz classes, etc.

If you don’t like the idea of a child modeling early on, fine, but DO NOT make assumptions and throw out accusations as to the parent(s) having alterior motives and exploiting their kids.

Do you not dress up your child and take pictures, walk down the street and beam with pride when someone says “oh, how cute is he/she!” The difference here is this kid gets paid for it and is selling “cute” to you (the consumer).

My two year old is really into shoes this winter. And she is far from being in the “fashion world”. Just because he likes scarves, doesn’t mean he is into them because of fashion. It could also mean he just likes them, period.

How many Dads are lucky enough to want to include their child in their job and be able to? If Dad was fixing cars, I bet his kid would be into wrenches…

This bloggers comments are absurd. I actually know the family and Hudson could not be more of a normal, perfectly adjusted 3 year old. He does everything that a 3 year old would normally do and there are absolutely no issues here. Both of his parents are so down to earth and love both of their boys (they just had a second child) to the fullest and only want the best for them. Brad is a highly successful model and with that has come some opportunities for Hudson to be a part of special projects with his dad. By no means is he a full on child model or are they trying to make him one. He is just participating in fun things with daddy, which I might add he loves doing and is a special time for the both of them. Yes, he happens to have great clothes and loves to dress himself. So what he loves his scarves? What child doesn’t like to put on fun accessories?? I think this blogger is way out of line and should find something better to do with her time.