13 Eye Openers for Parents of Aspiring Kid Actors

1. Never neglect or discourage your child if the kid wants to be an actor. If our Indian way of life fails the child, it fails us all.
2. Do you know why kids are better actors? Children seldom misquote. In fact, in their normal day to day life, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. Thus they don't need any memorizing technique for a script of a play or a film.
3. While we try to teach our children all about life, Our kid actors  by creating a new life, teach us what life is all about.
4. The only way we can make us immortal is by our kids becoming a celebrity child star in Bollywood
5. It is easier to build strong kid actors than to repair broken men.
6. Do you know why kids could be good actors? Because children are contemptuous, haughty, irritable, envious, sneaky, selfish, lazy, flighty, timid, liars and hypocrites, quick to laugh and cry and extreme in expressing joy and sorrow.
7. Warning! Let the children to be actors if they wish so. Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do so and be miserable!
8. Don't underestimate the hidden acting taIent in your kid actor! I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!
9. I know I cannot be an angel. But I try to be a good acting teacher who can help aspiring kid actors develop their acting craft physically, emotionally, socially, in the hope of becoming a better human being
10. For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.
11. Simple tip to be a good kid actor: There are certain expectations that are put on you as a child actor, but mainly it's just turn up and say your lines with a lot of energy and a cute smile.
12. The kid actor: A kid is always truthful and never fakes. Therefore, a child is not an actor. The child is a performer and is real to the audience.
13. Do you know why your kid will be a good actor? When child actors act well they're just reacting to situations in a natural way, and they're acting very real because their life experience is so short; there's no good or bad history to disturb and fall back on.

3 Advices Before your Kid Leaps to be a Child Actor!

Learn the rules before a kid jump to be an actor!

Avoid Deadly Mistake of Ignorance

The entertainment industry of Bollywood TV Serials, Commercial ads and Modeling is a very cutthroat and complicated business for everyone and child actors are especially vulnerable. Child acting jobs are not just hard, but they can also be risky for children and parents. In addition to fraudsters and predators, a child's acting career can put an additional pressure on a young child who is already vulnerable to everyday regular pressures like studies and forced extra-curricular activities. Growing up in front of cameras and the rest of the entertainment industry, though a rare and great opportunity is also a very demanding to both parents and children. You must be prepared to work long days, have patience, and always put child actor's safety above all else.

3 Top Advices

So before setting out to starting or continuing your child's acting career, I request parents of kid actors to follow these 3 major advices which will help ensure your child actor's steps in the right direction

1. Child Acting Portfolio

If you are trying to get a casting coordinator or a child modeling agency to represent your child actor, make sure to have their child acting portfolio and a resume ready. Finding a good kid promoting coordinator or a casting director is even harder. A coordinator will want to make sure that the kid looks cute for modeling and well trained for acting in films and TV serials. Secondly, that parents and the child actor will be deeply committed and will meet the requirements of auditions

2. Research 

Before going to any child acting audition, do a little research on the casting company. Make sure they have a good reputation. Find out what their policies are concerning rehearsals, discipline, and casting. Make sure this will be a positive and a fun experience.

3. Don’t be a Pushy Parent

Many children may be shy and need a lot of encouragement. Start gently and do not keep pushing if your child resists. Not all children made for fame and stardom. Actually, many children are wary of social situations and being in front of strangers.

I Don't Want To Spoil My Kid's Future By Being An Actor

Why a child should learn acting?

Do You Really Think So? That A Child To Be An Actor Is Nonsense?

You Could Be Terribly Wrong And As A Parent May Be Making The Biggest Blunder

"All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players.

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts..."

-William Shakespeare from "As You Like It"

Acting is a  mystery of all crafts possessed by humans. Because why and how we practice, we do not know. Whenever we want something from somebody or when we want to hide something or pretend, we're acting. Most people do it all day long to meet their objectives. Unfortunately, we master this craft when we have grown up and probably from our mistakes.

If a child becomes an actor, the kid starts learning this unique acting craft of acting at an early age and it surely helps the kid to be successful in life whether it's a job, a business, family etc.

It's really easy to become a child actor or actress. You just have to be in the right place at the right time.

So Mom & Dad, here's your crash course in "Why should I make my child an actor?"

9  Acting Skills That Can Help  A Child To Be  A  Successful In Life

1. Confidence

The Acting Coach teaches kids to take command in any situation and to overcome a fear of public speaking. It trains them to have confidence and to learn from their mistakes through practice.

2. Creativity 

Children learn how to think creatively through imagination and observation exercises and role-playing. It’s a skill that comes in handy as a working adult.

3. Focus

Having to listen and contribute during enacting scenes, it helps to develop key focus skills. The Acting Coach teaches kids to build greater concentration and keep their minds on the current task.

4. Team Work, Cooperation, and  Adjustment

When they work in a group, kids learn how important their role is to a group activity. Many introvert kids become extrovert by working in a group comprising of other kids with diverse attitudes

5. Dedication

Kids learn dedication through practice and delivering a final result. They learn how to show up on time, develop good work habits and put forth a great effort to deliver a successful performance

6. Body language

(Posture, Walk, Etiquettes, Proper use of body parts like face, eyes, hands, shoulders, language, voice, expressions etc)

Learning nonverbal communication. Kids learn how to show their emotions through body language and how their different movements are interpreted by others.

7. Determination

With consistent practice and determination, kids get a feeling of accomplishment after a performance. Developing determination at a young age helps them reach their goals in the future.

8. Receiving constructive feedback

Receiving criticism something that many adults have trouble with and may look at it as a negative part of their job. Through learning acting, children learn that feedback is just another part of the learning process, not something that should be taken personally.

9. Problem solving

Kids learn critical problem-solving skills in the film and theater arts. They must learn how to transform a clay ball into a cup or how their characters will act in a certain situation. These practices will help children develop an important skill that is necessary for adults.

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Ask Yourself, Are You Ready to be a Parent of a Kid Actor?

Parents of future kid actors

Is to be a Kid Actor right for my child?

1. Think

Being the parent of child actor is a lot of work. You'll have to travel to auditions and either be accompanying the kid to acting classes or to drop and pick up, regularly to be in contact with kid coordinators and agents and put together headshots and resumes.

There are many fraudsters and cheats in Mumbai and other towns in India who know very well that the kid’s parents are totally ignorant about the business of kid actors and will try to squeeze large money with a false assurance to make your kid a model or a kid film star celebrity.

2. Learn Business

Therefore, you have to learn about the acting business while keeping your child up to date with school work and protecting him or her from any negative aspects of the showbiz. Not every parent has the time and resources to do that, especially if they work. If you decide to make sacrifices to support your child's acting career, make sure it's a choice you can live with so you won't put pressure on your child to succeed.

3. Make sure this is the right decision, not based your or on someone else's views!

Sometimes we mistake our own ambitions for our children's.  Sometimes you get carried away by a child’s few stage performances on school’s or community stage and you just want your kid to be an actor. Or, perhaps due to praise showered by neighbors or visitors on how cute your child is and that the kid should be an actor.
Be careful! None of these are good reasons to start a kid acting career.

Find out your child's interests and typical signs in your kid’s early life right from when the child was a baby. What are your kid’s dreams? Then let the child tell you whether he/she likes to act. If they don't really have a drive to act, the constant rejection that inherently comes with auditioning could be harmful to a child's self-esteem, so make sure they are the driving force behind this whole pursuit of acting before you spend time on training and money on auditions, portfolios, demo-reel, website and on registration with coordinators.

11 Early Signs Your Kid could be an Actor | What Next?

Indian kid actors in a show

Parents to note!

As children develop from infants to teens to adults, they go through a series of developmental stages that are important to all aspects of their personhood including physical, intellectual, emotional and social.
The proper role of the parent is to provide encouragement, support and access to activities that enable the child to master key developmental tasks and this is more true if you want your kid to be an actor.

A parent is their child’s first teacher and should remain their best teacher throughout life. Functioning as a coach, the parent exposes a child to age appropriate challenges to encourage development as well as to experiences that allows the child to explore on their own and learn from interacting with their environment.

Before you want your kid to be an actor, try to find out whether your kid has exhibited any signs or traits from his/her early childhood, which has initiated a thought process in your mind that the kid can be a good actor.
One of the ways you can understand your child is by observing them as they sleep, eat, or play.

Look for one or all of these signs of an actor like

What are the early signs of an actor in a kid

1. Since early childhood had been making funny faces and signs
2. Could dance
3. Was a very expressive baby
4. As your child started growing up your kid wrote, directed, and acted in all your school, temple, church or other religious or neighborhood plays
5. Even the simplest tasks were performed with great focus and intensity
6. May or may not be interested in studies, but use to dream a lot, create and play with imaginary stories and toys himself/herself becoming a character of the story/play
7. Sometimes people find it difficult to handle your kid-naughty, restless and too eager to ask questions like -what, then what, where, when, why and so on
8. Really know how to play a child star in a party
9. Always conscious of how he/she look and dress
10. Can mimic well what you observe-people, animals, birds and voices
11. Exhibits the signs of being highly sensitive

When your inner voice says that yes, my kid can be a good actor then support and go on encouraging the child till you are alive!

Develop the craft of acting by giving the kid proper professional training, preferably by an acting coach who specializes in tutoring child and teen actors

How to Prevent Parents Ruining Their Kids Actor Dreams

A kid before a film take

Don’t Hurry the Process of Your Child Becoming a Great Actor

Many parents rush their child to get few model or artist coordinators and expect quick audition calls. This invariably does not happen. Most of the coordinators may take money and may never bother about you kid. Or they may not get sufficient inquiries for kid models or actors from the casting directors or the production houses.
May be with an unusual luck, even if you get an audition call, your kid may get a rejection because of lack of professional actor’s training, especially in camera acting and how to give auditions, apart from learning acting techniques.

Danger

If a child is not emotionally and professionally ready, the process can be too scary, shut the child down, and make them want to quit. Though every parent loves their kids and may get carried away with their own opinion about their child being already an actor- You cannot take this for granted and be ready for the starting line. If your or your child’s dream is to be a top child model or a Bollywood/ TV serial actor, would no research on industry and the absence of professional training prepare them for a career?

My Authentic Tip

Seek a professional advice from an expert either from a good kid’s modelling agency or better for a specific kid acting coach and get your kid learn professional acting before you push your love into sea for swimming!

What's that Single Unique Factor to Make a Kid a Great Actor

Aspiring kid actors with their mother

It takes a special class to raise an actor. I have personally seen many a young talented kid actors get sidelined from their dream because their parents did not have the proper education of the process. I love coaching kids and I believe they have their child’s best interests at heart, but with lack of education in the acting field, a parent can derail their child before they even get started.

If you want to develop acting as a part-time hobby or just like any game to which kid students are exposed in their school then it’s okay. However, even then a proper training to excel in community or school plays is necessary for your kid’s motivation and public applaud to be positive and successful in life. Remember, we all act in our life interacting with situations and people to meet our objectives. After all, life is a stage!

However, if you have observed your kid’s early symptoms like mimicking or acting funny, fun loving and outgoing, dancing or singing, fearlessness on the school stage, eager to participate in school’s cultural activities and you are serious about your kid’s acting craft and a possible future in this field, then read this tip carefully.

The Single Factor

Training

If the actor is not properly trained, they are not an actor. Acting is fun, but it is not a part-time hobby. If your child is serious about pursuing this field, you must cultivate a mindset, as one would do when becoming a professional musician, athlete, or dancer. Your child must train continually in order to stay competitive and most importantly cultivate the understanding of the entire process. When a child is in school sports, parents are diligent about never missing practices or games. However, when it comes to their acting classes, many parents do not attach the same discipline. They find the money to invest in other activities, but fall short when it comes to paying for artistic training. Do your research. A great acting coach or a class will enhance every area of their life.

• Find out a good acting school specializing in kids training
• Better, to look for a private professional acting coach for kids who trains with lots of patience, care and in a playful manner
• You may contact us also for a one on one professional training for your kid with money back guarantee

How Observing And Mimicking People Can Make A Child An Actor

A child learning acting by observing and mimicking

My Child Is A Real Looker But Poor In Acting. What Should I do?

Take The Kid Out To Observe and Ape People

How My Kid Can Learn Acting  At Home Without Going To School?

I must stress the need of joining a good kid acting school or better, to hire an acting coach.  However, if a kid can not join due to some reason or another, then read this and other posts of this blog and practice

Who is a kid actor?

A kid actor is one who plays a role of an imaginary dramatic character. This kid actor has traits of dreaming a lot, creates and plays with imaginary stories and toys himself/herself becoming a character of the story/play.
So, a kid should observe and understand everything about different types of kid characters he/she sees around him/her

Observation

This is my favorite because it’s easy. You do not need a rehearsal space, special equipment, or a dedicated time.

I call it

"Observation-A Simplest and the Best Techniques for Kids to be a Great Actor"

How to play diverse "Characters" you observe?

An Indian child exhibiting emotions of happiness

From today itself, start watching other kids and adults as well. When you are walking on a road, traveling in a bus to school or on a train, observe people-kids, old, young,  physically handicapped, girls, everybody very carefully. Observe how they walk, talk,  gestures, their voices, and accent, attitudes (shy, aggressive, sad, loud, naughty, etc., emotions expressed,  physical profile (height, weight, body shape like thin or fat and remember each one in your memory (Mind). If possible, write down in the evening, the types you have observed during the day. The best for a kid to be an actor is to start observing other kids /people at home, in the neighborhood and his/her class, even his/her teachers
Now start practicing the observed character. Don't mimic (copy), but maintain what you are naturally and then try to be that "observed" character

Create a story

1. As you observe a character, ask questions to yourself-Who could be this Motu or Chotu (Pseudo name given by you to this "observed character)? Does Motu/ Chotu have parents, friends, brothers and sisters? Where is he/she going now? What is the biggest problem he/she has to solve? What is he/she dreaming about?

2. Now create a game, a sort of story-If you would dramatize the observed character's life, what type of film would it be? A story full of quarrel and fights? A story with a wild dream? A funny story? A ghost story/ Why? Imagine and create a scene with him/her. Imagine the way he/she talks. Go in your mind as detailed as you can.

3. Now you also become a part of that story you have created. Decide your part and JUST PLAY!

4.  Let parents or your friend record this story on mobile video recorder. Show this recording to others and seek their opinion. Look at the video and check whether your images, movements, your voice is okay in relation to the camera. Check if your face is being shown properly on the video. If not, then re-record.

5. Practice playing different observed characters daily.  

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