Nice to know that we're not the only ones...

I would say that, no, acting schools wouldn't give advice about agents, etc. Let's face it, most don't and won't; it's not because of lack of expertise or anything. I'm guessing it's because that's not the role of the educator. They're there to teach acting skills, not about agents. And let's face it, any parent who is more interested in finding an agent for their kid than actually teaching them about acting is more likely to be a wannabe star parent (ie. pushing their kids towards it for fame/money, rather than the child actually presenting an interest in acting). Additionally, it's more than likely that schools don't want to present such information and be overloaded by parents and kids with the constant questions that we're so familiar with. I think it's a good idea to add it to curriculum, but I wonder how many educators would think that a useful way to spend their time. I agree, the amount of info given out online is ridiculous. In this case, it suggests a serious lack of critical thinking on the parents' behalf as well as the kids. I made a similar comment the other day: that people are so busy getting free info from the University of Google that nobody even bothers doing their own leg work anymore. They just figure someone, somewhere out there will know and will have written/Youtube'd about it. And let's face it, most kids that are replying to the article (or similar articles out there) are probably more interested in the fame/money part of it than doing any actual acting... or for that matter, realising that doing acting requires actual work in itself. Puppets and patterns at Puppets in Melbourne