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THE MINDFUL GUARDIAN GUIDE
Series One: How to Talk to Your Child About Being Seen
A Positive Discipline framework for parents of featured, photographed, and visible children.
You did not put your child in front of the camera by accident.
You will not raise them through it by accident either.
The Mindful Guardian Guide is the book that almost nobody writes for the
parent of a visible child - the little model, the little performer, the little
pageant star, the little content creator, the magazine cover child whose
face has already lived on a thousand strangers' screens.
Drawn from Alfred Adler's century-old framework and the modern science
of Positive Discipline, this Series One guide gives you the exact words to
use before the shoot, during the moment, and after the feedback rolls in.
WHAT'S INSIDE
- How to read the difference between consent and compliance
- How to translate praise into encouragement that builds an inner-driven child
- The five-question debrief that brings your child back to themselves
- The seven red flags that visibility is starting to cost too much
- The weekly practices that keep your child known, not just seen
- Age-by-age scripts for ages 3-13
- A printable Mindful Guardian Checklist for every shoot, post, and feature
WHO THIS IS FOR
Moms (and dads) raising children who are in front of cameras, whether that's a magazine feature, a pageant stage, a TikTok account, a modeling contract, or simply being the cute one at every family event. If your child
is regularly seen, photographed, or admired, this guide is for you.
WHO THIS ISN'T FOR
Parents looking for a how-to on getting their child into modeling, building a child influencer account, or growing a following. This is a guide for protecting the inside of a child while the world is watching the outside.
Edited by Gina Sam and Pushpita Maitra
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pushpita Maitra is the editor-in-chief of Iconic Glam Kids, a Certified
Positive Discipline Parent Educator, and the mother of two.
Your child will not remember the lighting, the outfits, the follower counts,
or the magazines. They will remember whether, in the years they were being
watched, they felt known by the people who mattered.
This is the guide for being one of those people.
