Kim Kardashian ensured her daughter North West’s recent debut at Paris Fashion week went with a bang. But after the reality star dressed the 15-month-old in a matching sheer lace dress a backlash began online.

KIM KARDASHIAN DEFENDS HER PARENTING

In this week’s Closer experts look into the long-term affect putting North in the spotlight could have.

Clinical Psychologist Janice Hiller from The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships says: “Dressing children in an adult way, or a possibly sexualized way, objectifies them. It could run the risk of making them an insecure person who bases their self worth on their looks.”

KIM KARDASHIAN 'FORGETS' NORTH WEST

But insiders reveal North and Kim’s matching outfits are just the beginning of her celebrity childhood.

A source says: “North is ridiculously pampered. Kim wants North to be in the spotlight, she thinks it’s so cute that she cuts out every magazine article about her.”

Read the full story in this week’s Closer – out now