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Michael’s Mistake: Eight Ways to Turn the Michael Phelps Pot Scandal into a Valuable Teaching Moment for Your Kids

He was a national hero that parents and kids both loved. Now, with a compromising photo making headline news, parents are wondering what they should say to their kids about Michael Phelps’s fall from grace. Parents should not to let this great opportunity to talk with their kids pass them by. There are many lessons we can all learn from Michael’s big mistake.  

By Kelly Johnson 

Throughout the Olympics we heard some pretty amazing facts: His wing span is longer than his height! His feet are like flippers! He eats over 10,000 calories a day! He has two times the lung capacity of a normal human! These Continue Reading

 It is a known fact that a few percent of the population controls over 90 percent of all the money in the USA.  Middle class has been hit the hardest from this down turn of the economy, the stock market was betting on the housing explosion in the late 90’s.  Housing prices went through the roof.  People thought that this was going to be a long lasting situation.  Mortgage companies were giving mortgages with almost nothing down.

Banks gave some people 2 mortgages one for their down payment and another long turn mortgage for 80 percent or better.  With rates coming down people were refinancing, some once, twice even three times to enjoy the drop in rates.  People were encouraged to take some of the equity out of their homes for remodeling additions, investments, Continue Reading

Parents take note: We’re living in a time when being “different” actually pays off.

How to nurture individuality in the formative years.

By Robin Fisher Roffer 

Few jobs are more daunting than raising well-rounded, happy, confident kids. On one hand, you adore what makes your child unique: your daughter’s all-consuming love of science (she’s bordering on nerdy!) or your son’s quiet disposition and curious spirit. On the other, you worry that being too “different”-too shy, too short, too tomboyish (or, in the case of boys, too sensitive), too anything-is a sure path to unpopularity and isolation. What’s a conflicted parent to do? Urge your child to succeed within socially prescribed boundaries? Or let him Continue Reading

Most celebrities started playing small roles on television and in the movies before they got their big break. So if you plan to start your acting career, chances are you will have to endure the same thing until a director or executive producer sees that you are ready for a major role.

The first thing you have to ask yourself is whether or not you want to be a professional actor. This simply means that you have to be committed to it. This may mean sacrificing a bit and doing some things along the way just to move a step ahead. You might feel bad about doing it but it is a reality that happens.

Once you have psyched yourself up, it is time to pack up your bags and move to a major city. You can either travel to New York or Los Angeles since most of the shows and box Continue Reading

Many Drama School and Acting School acting courses focus on a mixture of different approaches, which, on the face of it, you would think is a good thing. However, whilst you get a broad exposure to different techniques, it doesn’t give you a defined process. You end up knowing a little about a lot of techniques rather than mastering any.

I favour acting courses and acting classes that impart a definite process to get your acting to a top level.

Throughout this summer, I will be holding 3 Day Boot Camps on the world’s most successful acting process – Method Acting.

Method Acting is used by many of the world’s top actors and produces real, in-depth and highly believable acting.

Why mess around with other techniques when, quite Continue Reading