Like Hollywood Mom Blog which we recommended earlier this year, ChildrenInFilm.com was created to provide information about children working in entertainment.

While Hollywood Mom Blog is written from the point-of-view of the mother of a child actor (actually several mother/managers now write for it), and has a fun, friendly tone, and free content (with advertising its only apparent revenue source), Children In Film has a more serious tone and is primarily a membership site for parents of aspiring child actors and professionals who work with them, as well as a promotional vehicle for a (child work) permit service. 

Children In Film was created by the founder of an agency for studio teachers who became an authority on California Child Labor Laws and then on larger issues related to child actors. The members have forums, share information on and reviews of products and services, create their own profiles, are part of a searchable directory, and get access to a wide variety of information relevant to the profession, such as casting notices and specifics on the laws and rules governing the use of child actors.

Some of these features, usually in a more basic form, are available for free, but to get the benefit of all the features, there is a subscription fee of $16.99/month. If you are the parent of a child actor or a professional who works with them, it seems worth considering membership on Children in Film. The benefit of networking and trading information with other parents of child actors and/or industry professionals, as well as all of the knowledge on the sometimes hard-to-understand rules and laws governing employment of child actors, would probably more than compensate you for the monthly expense.

At the very least, check out some of the free content on the site. The success stories from parents of famous child actors can definitely help the parents of aspiring young actors to avoid some of the pitfalls other parents fall prey to, as detailed on Hollywood Mom Blog’s “Moms Gone Wild” page.

Written by and about mothers of child actors, it isn’t exactly the same demo as YII, but like the background actor’s blog we profiled in December, the Hollywood Mom blog has created an online resource and community for a niche in Hollywood that often has to (or, rather, had to) make its own way, in this case through the trials and tribulations of being the parent of an aspiring (or actual) child actor.

Plus, the blogsite is top-notch and ultra-comprehensive, with sections devoted to auditions, product reviews, contents, the Hollywood Life, and our personal favorite, Momanagers (think Tish Cyrus, Miley’s mom) and the subcategory, Moms Gone Wild (which actually seems deservedly devoted to Dina Lohan, Lindsey’s mom).

So check out the Hollywoood Mom blog. You will be entertained- and definitely learn a thing or two!