I agree with Kelly, you have to be EXTREMELY careful!

I don't have children myself, but I have had bad experiences myself. The first one being where one lady from an agency came up to me in the middle of pitt street mall, and asked me to call her. Being 16, I did, and went in for a photo shoot. They promised me work at the start of it all, but by the end, they told me that now that I had a portfolio (which I had to pay $265 for), it was up to me to go to agencies and get myself the work. I mean that is fair enough if they would of told me that before I paid them!
The lady I babysit for is a model for Chadwicks and she said that the photos I got done were shocking eg. the lighting was bad.

The second experience was with a different agency. I got called in to be an extra. It was for a beach scene, so we had to walk up and down the beach over and over in the hot sun and it was an 8 hour day. I was burnt and dehydrated and after all of that they never paid me along with most of the other kids there.

So all I am saying is that you have to be very careful with which agency you choose. Find out as much info you can about them and ask other people whether they have heard any good or bad.

Also another thing to think about is that modelling work is not always easy. There are very long hours involved and can be a very exhausting for a little child.

Hope this information healps you out a bit.

Good Luck,
Nadine.