A 501(c)(3) nonprofit

Protecting children in entertainment, sports, digital media, and church — in every state, not just California.

Cover Your Child Inc. exists so that no child's dream comes at the cost of their safety. We educate families, protect children through the Cover Your Child App, and campaign to make California's Child Performer Protection Law the law of the land.

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Every app subscription funds the mission — and includes a free copy of the eBook Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry.

Our promise to families and the industry

EducateGive parents the laws, protocols, and red flags most families never hear about.
ProtectHold every adult working directly with a child under 18 to one standard of accountability.
LegislateCarry California's Child Performer Protection Law to all 50 states and federal law.

The law protects children only where it's enforced. We close that gap.

California's Child Performer Protection Law was a landmark. But a child on a set in Georgia, a field in Texas, on a creator's channel, working with a songwriter, or attending a church retreat or camp anywhere in America deserves the same protection. Our work rests on four pillars.

Youth protection & industry compliance

One standard of safety for every adult working directly with a child, across all four fields we cover: entertainment, sports, digital media platforms, and church.

  • Standardize child performer protections across every medium that employs or works directly with minors
  • The four youth fields we cover:
  • Entertainment — film, television, commercial, print, theatre (managers, agents, acting coaches, dance coaches, videographers, photographers, PR, counselors, mentors) and music (singers, musicians, songwriters, producers)
  • Sports — private coaches, trainers, scouts, camps, mentors, counselors, videographers, photographers, PR, and athletic invitationals
  • Digital media platforms — streamers, YouTubers, influencers, creators, and podcasters (managers, mentors, private trainers, coaches, PR, videographers, photographers)
  • Church — pastors, youth pastors, choir directors, counselors, mentors, camps, revivals, and events
  • Hold productions, organizations, and creators accountable to families

Parent education & empowerment

The legal literacy, set know-how, and emotional guidance families need before their child walks onto a set or a field.

  • The book Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry as the foundational guide
  • Plain-language guides to the Coogan Trust Act, the Krekorian Talent Scam Prevention Act, and regional child labor law
  • Set protocol, physical dangers, talent-scam detection, red-flag behavior, and healthy scheduling

Protection through the Cover Your Child App

Our subscription-based app is how protection reaches families and organizations directly — and how the nonprofit sustains its mission.

  • A paid monthly or yearly subscription for parents, professionals, and organizations
  • Revenue reinvested into education, advocacy, and legislative campaigns
  • Every subscriber receives the eBook free

Legislative & political initiatives

A national campaign to lobby, support, and push for California's protections to become the standard in every state, and to advocate for child labor law to be brought into the digital age.

  • Lobby and advocate for the Child Performer Protection Law to be passed in all 50 states
  • Push and support the adoption of federal standards mirroring California's model
  • Advocate for the law to be updated to cover podcasters, influencers, content creators, streaming productions, and church youth programs

The Cover Your Child App. Protection you subscribe to — and a mission you fund.

The app is the heart of how Cover Your Child protects children and the engine that keeps the nonprofit running. Parents, professionals, studios, organizations, and creators subscribe monthly or yearly; every dollar goes back into educating families and lobbying to get the law nationwide.

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For parents

You are the reason Cover Your Child exists.

Every set, every practice field, every content shoot, every label, mega church or small community church puts your child in the hands of adults you've never met — the director, the manager, the photographer, the publicist, the coach. Your subscription to the Cover Your Child App is how you find out — before your child walks in — that the adults working directly with your child have been checked and are being held accountable.

Subscribe as a parent Read the book first
Know before you goConfirm that the professionals working with your child are Cover Your Child certified — before the first day, not after something goes wrong.
Understand your rightsThe laws, permits, and set protections that exist for your child — explained in plain language, with the eBook included free.
Be part of the standardEvery parent who subscribes is one more reason for productions, teams, creators and churches to get certified. You set the expectation.

If your work involves children, be part of the standard.

Parents are paying attention. Studios, productions, teams, theaters, creators, music labels and churches that subscribe to the Cover Your Child App show families — and the public — that they were proactive about protecting children before anyone asked them to be.

Film & TV productionsMajor studios, independent films, and network series Streaming networksOriginal programming and unscripted content Print & commercialPrint campaigns, advertising, and modeling Playhouses & theaterTheater companies, touring productions, and youth theater Sports organizationsLeagues, clubs, camps, private coaches, and scouts outside of school Influencers, creators & podcastersAnyone featuring children under 18 in skits, content, podcasts, or YouTube channels Churches & youth ministriesPastors, youth pastors, choir directors, counselors, mentors, camps, revivals, and events

Earn families' trust

Show parents that safety at your organization isn't a promise — it's a subscription you've already made.

Get ahead of the law

The protections California requires are coming to every state. Partners who adopt them now set the standard rather than scramble to meet it.

Fund the movement

Your subscription and sponsorship directly support parent education and the campaign for a nationwide Child Performer Protection Law.

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Cover of Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry by Jackie Braden

The guidebook every parent should read before the first audition.

Written by a mother who raised two working child actors inside a four-generation Hollywood stunt family, this is the practical, honest guide to keeping your child safe, protected, and happy in the industry.

  • California child performer law, explained
  • How to get an agent and manager
  • Set rules, etiquette, and what to expect on set
  • Set dangers and red flags
  • Keeping the process fun for your child
  • Knowing when to take a break
  • Real stories from parents
  • An interview with actress Countess Vaughn
Cover Your Child App subscribers receive the eBook free — it's included the moment you sign up.

eBook

Read Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry on any device, minutes from now.

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  • ePub format
  • Free with a Cover Your Child App subscription
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Hard copy

The printed hardcover edition of Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry, shipped to your door.

  • Printed hardcover edition
  • Ships within the United States
  • Great for gifting to another parent
$34.99 plus shipping
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Fund the movement that makes every state as safe as California.

Building a national standard takes capital. Cover Your Child Inc. raises it three ways — and every dollar goes to a specific, measurable piece of the mission: educating families, sustaining the app, and passing the law state by state.

Government grants

As a 501(c)(3), Cover Your Child Inc. pursues federal, state, and local grants dedicated to child safety, youth welfare, labor protection, and family education.

  • Child-safety and youth-protection grant programs
  • Labor and workforce protection initiatives
  • Community and family education funding
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Corporate sponsors

We invite the studios, networks, streaming platforms, child-safety organizations, and Fortune 500 companies whose work touches children under 18 to put their name behind the standard.

  • Recognition on this site, in the app, and at every fundraiser
  • A seat at the table as the national standard is written
  • A public commitment families will remember
Sponsor the mission
AdvocateFor individuals and small businesses supporting the cause
Production partnerFor productions, teams, and organizations that subscribe and sponsor
Founding sponsorFor studios, networks, and corporations who want to lead the national standard

Built by a mother who's been on set.

Jackie Braden raised two working child actors inside a four-generation Hollywood stunt family. Her sons, Makhari and Kaleo Elam, grew up on professional sets — both were cast in Grown Ups 2, and Kaleo returns to the franchise in Grown Ups 3.

After supporting California's AB 1660, the Child Performer Protection Law, Jackie wrote Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry so that every parent could have the knowledge she had — and every child could have the protection her sons had.

She founded Cover Your Child Inc. in 2026 to take that protection nationwide.

Founder Jackie Braden's FOX News Live interview with Bobby DeCastro and Lauren Sivan about Cover Your Child in the Entertainment Industry