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Being a Working Child Actor and Managing them as a Parent

·1 hr 25 min·5 clips
"From my tummy I dedicated you to God," the mother explains as the ultimate shield for her child actor.
A 13-year-old AMVCA-nominated child actor and her mother-manager discuss the realities of navigating a successful acting career from a young age. They cover talent discovery, setting professional boundaries, balancing school, managing public perception, and the unique parent-child partnership that makes it work.

As heard by us

A loose, parent-minded chat that turns phone rules, set communication, and a child performer’s access to a phone into the main thread.

The episode starts with a playful guessing game about whether a line came from a kid or a drunk person, then settles into a talk about a child performer without a phone, how she reaches her mother, and why the phone agreement matters.

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Why you'd press play

You get a funny, blunt peek at a parenting debate about when a child gets a phone and how she stays reachable on set.

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