by Bonnie Wallace | Advice, General, Mindset, Top Picks
You can’t approach your child actor’s career like your own. Many of us approach what we want with classic goal-setting strategies, which often works in other parts of our lives…
by Bonnie Wallace | General, Mindset
I made a great mistake this week: I had an excellent, hour-long interview with Ryan McCartan for an upcoming podcast—and after he left, discovered that my reliable recording device had somehow missed recording the whole thing. Aagghh!! I could actually feel the stress...
by Bonnie Wallace | Advice, General, Parenting
I did something crazy today. I played hooky and went to a weekday matinee with my friend Lisa to see Bad Moms. (Now you know what a Girl Scout I am—this is my “crazy”-!) As someone who is self-employed and whose kids are actually young adults now, you might think this...
by Bonnie Wallace | Advice, Education, General
The biggest source of anxiety for many parents of child actors is that their kid will miss out on “a normal life.” I’m not sure what a normal life really is, but I do understand this worry. When our children are born, we wish certain things for them: happiness, rich...
by Bonnie Wallace | General
This past weekend my daughter Claire and I attended the performance of one of her young voice students—a Broadway-style theatre camp show featuring kids age 5-14. It was the kind of production she and her sister Dove had done for many summers when they were growing...