Mar
30
I just drove down to Van Nuys on Friday to get my daughter’s entertainment work permit renewed. It was going to expire today, so I was running a little late. Since I’d mailed her child work permit application to the office in Bakersfield for the last two renewals, it had been a while since I’d …
Mar
29
When my daughter and I arrived in Los Angeles, I was definitely not ready for the Los Angeles traffic. Having spent most of my life in the rural Southeast, I was not accustomed to heavy traffic. It was the end of our first week in L.A., and we were staying in a hotel in Burbank. …
Mar
25
If your child really does want to become a Disney Channel actress or become a Disney Channel actor, help them to keep that dream alive by having them develop skills and do things that could actually help them achieve that goal.
Mar
23
Shortly after our arrival in L.A., I was told I needed to set up a Coogan account for my daughter. I did not know what a Coogan account was, why I needed one for my daughter, how it would work, or what to look for when setting up this sort of account. Since I …
Mar
22
One of the many tasks that I had to take care of shortly after we came to Los Angeles was getting an entertainment work permit (a.k.a. a work permit) for my daughter. I knew very little about this until my daughter booked her first student film. The director and producer told me she had to …
