From Duck to Swan

As early as 2 ½ yo, I entered my daughter to pre-school.  I thought that in this way, she will learn how to socialize and mingle with people while learning at an early age as well.  She did display intellectual skills.  You can see that she can easily absorb all the lessons in school.  She also speaks straight English (if not fluent).  She can also express herself well.  However, in spite of all this, she is very and I mean VERY shy to people she do not know very well.  Sometimes even to us she gets shy at times. 

This is my problem.  I even went to the point of bribing her just to perform with her classmates on stage in one of the school programs in her school. Imagine, with all the costumes and lots of practices before the said dates.  Just to see my daughter STAND STILL on stage!!!  Heavens!

Last December 2012, a woman in the mall approached us.  She asked me if I am interested to audition my daughter to a commercial.  I said, I will think about it.  However, during days of thinking, I finally dropped by their office.  After she was VTR, the girl told me they will contact me.  Few days passed, I received a phone call.  The girl on the other line told me that my daughter is pretty but shy.  She can hardly talk in front of a camera. She needs to build her confidence which I did not argue because it is true.  She suggested that it will be best if my daughter will undergo a workshop. 

My husband is against it.  He thinks that it is just their way of making money.  He has a point but it is also A FACT THAT MY DAUGHTER NEEDS HELP.  I was able to persuade my husband to enroll my daughter to a workshop.  The workshop is NOT CHEAP.  During the first day, my daughter can hardly enter the classroom.  After reassuring her that I will not leave, she finally agrees to enter.

The workshop includes singing, dancing, acting and modeling.   This is a once a week  (2.5 hrs per session) that lasted for 3 months.  In between those 3 months period, I also encourage my daughter to do some VTRs for other modeling agencies and some modeling contest.  The process was tedious not to mention expensive.

Within the 3 months period, I can see BIG IMPROVEMENTS in her!  She now talks to other kids without hesitation.  Can now act, sing and dance in front of so many people.  It’s been 1 month now since she graduated from her workshop but the LESSONS she learned during the process is PRICELESS.

From a shy little girl, my daughter is now a CONFIDENT KID.