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I would go with Michele on this one. The only reason for using this photo is if the children, had met with, God forbid, some unfortunate fate and this was all she had to remember them by, and she lived in Guam, so nobody local would ever associate you with it.
One of the arts of portraiture is convincing the client of your vision. The children must be quite young still, so a portrait them as they are today would still be beautiful.
If they are still cute, take their picture anyway, from your own point of view. Do it as a portrait sample for yourself. Do not let the mother have any input, just tell her, her kids are so beautiful you would like to paint them and you will give her a PRINT. Who knows, the mother may like it, buy that and you would have a better sample and maybe some money to boot.
One of my portrait samples sits in the entrance of a beautiful Newport home. It was not commissioned by the owner, but she saw it in a gallery and purchased it.
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