Apr 17
When we began looking into an acting career for our daughter, we saw information about talent contests and wondered if we should sign her up for one. I was frustrated that I could not figure out how to get my daughter into modeling or acting, and I thought talent contests might be our answer. I …
Apr 08
When we first started to pursue an acting career for my daughter, I did not know anything about talent managers. I didn’t know what services talent managers provide or how much money we’d pay for having one. My daughter’s first talent manager “discovered” her at a talent competition in Charleston, SC. His talent management group …
Nov 13
Do you have a flexible schedule to accommodate the demands of your child’s acting career? Once when my daughter got a last-minute audition, I was in the laundry room in our apartment complex moving half-washed clothes from a broken washer to a working one. I’d forgotten my cell phone, so I missed several calls from …
Nov 08
A question you really should ask yourself is: “Why am I looking into an acting or modeling career for my child?” There are a number of reasons people do this, and some of the reasons may not be good ones. First and foremost, be sure you are doing this because your child wants to do …
