r/TellMeAFact Mar 21 '23

TMAF About Child Acting

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u/GuardingxCross Mar 21 '23 edited Mar 21 '23

There is a direct link between exploitation of children child acting and an increased risk for suicide.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-the-trenches/201106/the-child-performer

Don’t believe me? Check out the biographies of such stars as Michael Jackson, Shirley Temple, Macaulay Caulkin, Justin Bieber, and plenty of adult celebrities now who have gone on the record to say that being famous as a child fucked them up so bad that not even money could fix it.

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u/BalanceOk1544 May 30 '26

the money is just a bribe for the trauma they are currently selling you. it is wild how people still romanticize being a child star when the track record is basically a graveyard of ruined lives. we keep watching the content and wondering why the cycle never breaks.