Articles, Reports and Books
ARTICLES
Spain Aims to Change Law to Protect Child Actors
(Reuters, Apr 3, 2007)
Stage Motherhood
(Deborah Copaken Kogan, Personal History, for The New Yorker,
March 5, 2007)
“Kiddie Tax: Now Ensnares More Young People
(Associated Press, Feb. 22, 2007)
“Malcolm” Minor Can Void Management Agreement
(Leslie Simmons for The Hollywood Reporter, March 20, 2007)
Minor Contracts: Inside the Coogan Act
(Jordana Lewis for Backstage, March 09, 2007)

Could 'Prehab' Save Showbiz Teens? Managers Say It's Never Too
Early for Intervention

(Yvonne Puig for Variety, Oct. 4, 2007)

When Childhood is a Tough Role 
(Mireya Navarro for The New York Times, September 23, 2007)

Stage Motherhood: My Son, The Star
(Deborah Copaken Kogan for The New Yorker, March 5, 2007)

LI Kids: Star-struck?
(Liza N. Burby for Newsday, January 14, 2007)

Broadway Attendance Buoyed by Tourism Rise
(Pamela Appea for Crain’s New York Business, October 24, 2006)

Just One More Before Bedtime
(Mayrav Saar for The New York Times, October 7, 2007)

The "Kite Runner" is Delayed to Protect Child Stars
(David M. Halbfinger for The New York Times, October 4, 2007)

How to Become a Child Star: A Look at What Aspiring Child Actors and Their Parents Do for a Shot At Fame
(Good Morning America for ABC News, Aug. 2, 2006)

New Law May Give Teens - and Their Parents - a Tax Headache
(Kathy M. Kristof for The Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2006)

Hollywood Elementary
(Adrian Nicole LeBlanc for The New York Times Magazine, June 4, 2006)
How Safe Are Child Entertainers in Cyberspace?
(Screen Actor Magazine, Winter 2005)
Is Child Stardom No Longer a Life Sentence?
(Strawberry Saroyan for The New York Times, November 27, 2005)
A Lucrative Brand of Tutoring Grows Unchecked
(Susan Saulny for The New York Times, National Desk, April 4, 2005)
Screen Actors Guild Launches Young Performer State Statute Database (Screen Actor Magazine, Fall 2003)
Metro Briefing New York: Albany: New Law For Child Performers (Anthony Ramirez and Stacy Albin for The New York Times, Metropolitan Desk, Oct 7, 2003)

Young Performers Succeed in Albany
(October 2003)

SAG National Executive Committee Resolution
(Screen Actor Magazine, Fall 2003)

Her Stage Mother, Herself
(Jesse Green for The New York Times, Arts and Leisure Desk, April 27, 2003) Sorry, link no longer available.
Raising A Superstar Brandy Arjay Raeven - managing child celebrities (Shawn E. Rhea for Black Enterprise, December 1999)
Childhood Celebrity, Parental Attachment, and Adult Adjustment: The Young Performers Study
(Lisa J. Rapport, Matthew Meleen: Journal of Personality Assessment 1998, Volume 70)
Teaching Degrassi's Next Generation. On the set of Degrassi: The Next Generation, the young cast is learning more than lines.
(Leata Lekushoff for Professionally Speaking, date unavailable)
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REPORTS
Learning, Arts, and the Brain: The Dana Consortium Report
(Michael S. Gazzaniga, Ph.D., 2008)

Children as Chattels: The Disturbing Plight of Child Performers
(Marc R. Staenberg, Esq. and Daniel K. Stuart, Esq., 1997)
Posted with permission from the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Marc Staenberg and Daniel Stuart

BOOKS
Breaking into Commercials: The Complete Guide to Marketing Yourself, Auditioning to Win, and Getting the Job 
by Terry Berland and Deborah Ouellette. For more information, click here.
Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with
39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film
and Television

by Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup
For more information click here.
Launching Your Child in Show Business: A Complete Step-By-Step Guide
by Dick Van Patten and Peter Berk
For more information click here.
Me My Kid & Hollyweird: The Adventures
Of A Kid Actor
by Chartreuse Braun and Gigi Braun
For more information click here.
Raising a Star: The Parent's Guide to Helping Kids Break into Theater, Film, Television, or Music
by Nancy Carson and Jacqueline Shannon
For more information click here.
Who Stole the Funny?
by Robby Benson
This is a story from author, actor, director, singer Robby Benson about the making of a sitcom. Benson draws on his experience directing Friends to bring us behind the scenes in “Who Stole the Funny?”
For more information click here.
The Young Performers Guide: How to Break Into Show Business
by Brian Padol and Alan Simon, OLE founder
For more information click here.
Your Child in Film & Television
(Self-Counsel Reference Series)
by Allison Cohee
For more information click here.
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