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Protecting Your Child
Through and After Filming

A practical guide for parents and guardians of child performers — written by a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with twenty years of experience in children's wellbeing and duty of care in TV and film.

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A Guide for Parents

Protecting Your Child Through and After Filming

6 sections · Printable checklist · PDF

Inside the guide

What You'll Find

This guide covers:

  • The first few days after wrap — what to expect and how to help
  • Returning to school: preparing your child for the shift back to ordinary life
  • How to prepare friends, family and teachers — especially when they can't watch the show
  • Sheltering your child from press reaction and social media
  • Managing performance pressure and fear of failure on set
  • Staying grounded during filming — routines, de-role cues, and disguised compliance
  • A quick checklist covering every stage from pre-production to post-transmission

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Dr Lucy Shoolbred

DClinPsy · CPsychol · Duty of Care Consultant

Chartered Clinical Psychologist with twenty years' NHS experience in children's and adolescent mental health, and a specialist duty of care consultant to the UK screen industry.

Recent productions

Adolescence — Warp Films / Netflix
The Witness — Blackhill / Netflix
I Am Ruth — Me+You Productions / Channel 4
Hollyoaks — Lime Pictures