Your Child is Gifted!

About the Book

With its inspirational foreword, this book is a great reminder to parents that each child is very special, and that we have an obligation to cultivate the innate gifts of our children, instead of simply hoping the public school system will yield a desirable end-product in them. Therefore, the aim of the book is to inspire parents to invest time and energy into their children, so that their children may grow into confident, well-adjusted adults, who feel that they have gifts to offer to the world.

Additionally, this book is an actor’s guide for learning to audition and win roles in theatre, movies, and film. Filled with reflections and insights from Dr. Griffin’s personal experiences in the entertainment history, “Your Child is Gifted” gives the reader “insider tips” that many performers usually pay thousands of dollars to learn. Thus, the reader gets a relatively inexpensive, crash course on how to win acting roles.

Finally, “Your Child is Gifted” defines important industry terms and provides vivid illustrations, in an effort to ensure the readers understand the application of the given terms. The strategies Dr. Griffin provides are practical, priceless, and, if they are executed in the prescribed manner, they serve as powerful indicators of your child’s success in the industry.

About the Author

With a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from California State University, Fresno, Dr. Griffin recalls being active in the performing arts since he was a young child, performing self-directed skits and plays for family members at his home in Central Florida. Years later, after two years of college and much soul-searching, he changed his major from Pharmacy to Theatre, because the lure of the theater was too great for him to resist. As a theatre major at Florida A&M University, he was an active member of the University’s traveling performance troupe, The FAMU Connection, which travelled the Southern States with the University’s President to help recruit talented scholars to the University. Upon college graduation and moving his family to California, Dr. Griffin studied the crafts of acting and writing for television and film, while acting and performing stand-up throughout Los Angeles. As an English teacher and Drama Club advisor within California’s public school system, he has mentored several young performers in the craft, whenever he is not performing. Naturally, Dr. Griffin has helped his own children gain an appreciation for the arts and education; his children continue to work in community theatre, as well as in television and film.