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platitood t1_j1gv54q wrote

Reply to comment by Hellofriendinternet in ‘That’s So Raven,‘ ‘Family Matters’ Star Orlando Brown Arrested for Domestic Violence by MarvelsGrantMan136

Counterpoint: millions of kids are tucked up, but we notice the celebrity ones. I hate to say it but, I don’t know if we have data that it’s worse to be a celebrity kid than not. Which is not me endorsing celebrity status for kids; rather it is me being gloomy about how awful childhood can be for so many kids.

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PartyPorpoise t1_j1h5z3k wrote

Being a celebrity kid brings about a lot of unique issues, and being in the public eye makes it harder to move past them. But yeah, some of these people might have become screw-ups even without child stardom. We’d have no way of knowing.

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pimp_juice2272 t1_j1hriyx wrote

Could be the parents. Like think of the type of parent it takes to push kids to get a lead role...now take way Hollywood and you still have that type of parent raising a kid.

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Dazered t1_j1hy9o9 wrote

When I read Jennette McCurdy 's autobiography that's what struck me is how normal her issues were. I know a couple women who struggled exactly the way she did.

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lookmeat t1_j1ihjf1 wrote

The data is pretty damming, even casual observations imply the situation is much worse. Given how consistent it is with cold actors, you'd expect to also have some friends who are in a similar place, with intimacy replacing popularity as the reason you get to follow the fall from grace.

Certainly a lot of kids go through it, but Hollywood has a way of making it worse. When you think about what the parents are ok with, and must constantly allow on their kids, you can see why they are natural targets to abusers. Also the popularity is equally traumatizing: it's like when you screw up so badly you need to move to another town to get a chance, except every town knows and is laughing at you together.

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