Personally, the little hairs on the side of their face makes the photo look natural. At that age, I don't think any skin smoothing is necessary. I'm really not too much of a fan for any skin smoothing but there are times where I see it is necessary. Generally, with children, it isn't. Another thing to remember, we as humans have shape and definition as sharpening can sometimes take away the dimension.
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