CHILD STARS

• Child Stars are usually considered the celebrities with the most problems.
• As children they recieve false attention and praise when what they really need is real unconditional love and attention.
• They work long hours and are pressured by everyone around them,including their parents, to perform.
• When a child stars 15 minutes of fame runs out they are left confused with a feeling of emptiness. They feel like they are not good enough anymore and do not know what to do after stardom.
• Due to abnormal education practices these children lack basic social skills and do not know how to be "normal" like other children their age.

• At the age 11 months, she was cast in Puppy Choice commercial
• At age 7, tapped to host a 1982 Saturday Night Live.
• At age 9, she got drunk at a 1984 birthday party for Rob Lowe.
• At age 12, she got hooked on cocaine.
• At age 15, and newly sober, she published her autobiography, 1990's "Little Girl Lost".
• Posed for Playboy in 1995
• She danced topless on David Letterman's talk show table in April 1995.
• She wed bartender Jeremy Thomas in March 1994 and divorced him in April 1994.

• Brandis was born in 1976.
• He starred in such films as "Ladybugs", "Sidekicks", and "SeaQuest:Deep Sea Adventure".
• He died a premature death on November 12, 2003 at the age of 27.
• His death was ruled an apparent after he was found hanged in his Los Angeles apartment.
• He read for the role of the teenaged Anakin Skywalker for "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones".

• Culkin was born in 1980
• He is considered the most bankable child star since Shirley Temple.
• He starred in 1990's "Home Alone" when he was 10.
• "Home Alone" became the highest grossing comedy ever with 285.8 million dollars at the U.S. Box Office.
• He retired at age 16 during a family dispute over his millions.
• He married Rachel Miner when they were both 17.
• He is the godfather of Michael Jackson's son, Prince.