discussion Is it irresponsible to let your kids work in the entertainment industry?

[PoisonCandy]

Not only is it taking away their childhood by having them work long hours, but they're also in an industry with a lot of shady characters. Paedophilia and drugs run rampant. The people you hear about most when it comes to drugs and paedophilia, that's only the tip of the iceberg, imagine how much more of that is going on in the industry and we just don't hear about it. Why would anyone want their kids to be surrounded by stuff like that? It's totally irresponsible.

[PopKills]

No I‘m still mad my mother stopped my child-model career after two magazine shootings 

[BOOMBAYAH]

Yes it is. 

[Proseductice]

Absolutely it is. The child stars that come out unscathed from the industry are very minuscule. And even if they do I’m sure they had their fair share of therapy work. 

 

I’m worried about the upcoming generation Alpha with the way their parents exploit them for social media fame from infancy. 

[FightDragonsWithMe]

I mean look at acts like Shirley Temple and Britney Spears, it's obviously wrong especially when you're the breadwinner 

[Trent W]

Honestly anyone who enters the industry before the age of 25 is ****** up.

The earlier they enter, the more ****** up they are. Child celebrities have it worse even than teen stars.

 

Is not normal to be famous, no kid can handle fame and that level of attention, it destroys their mental health.

 

Kid’s shows in the future will probably be AI fake kids once society realizes how ****** up is fame at an early age.

Edited November 20, 2022 by Trent W

[Delirious]

4 hours ago, PopKills said:

No I‘m still mad my mother stopped my child-model career after two magazine shootings 

Weeeeee

[Aristede]

It depends. There are plenty of child stars who turn out normal, but we don't hear about them because it's the ones who go off the rails that are the most interesting. But as long as the parents actually care about their kids, stay with them on the set to make sure nothing shady is going on, and give them the freedom to quit any time they want, I don't think it's bad. 

[Literature]

Absolutely

[Nachocheesechalup]

It is absolutely wrong unless you're going to be present 100% of the time right next to them. It seems to me so many child actors are abused sexually which leads to them abusing drugs and/or breaking dow mentally when they're adults.

[Before Today]

Yes it's child labor

[Into The Void]

Yes

 

The only child stars I can think of that weren't fuxked up are honestly the Sprouse twins. I really can't think of any others.

Edited November 20, 2022 by Insanity

[Karla Cabello]

yes

[loveisdead9582]

… no and yes. I personally wanted to and did participate in the entertainment industry as a child. I want to enjoy everyone overall. And I want everyone involved to enjoy it all

[MadonnasBoyfriend]

Pretty sure everyone who responded doesn't have any kids  but Peter gave some solid advice here 

 

 

[Pink Matter]

9 hours ago, Insanity said:

Yes

 

The only child stars I can think of that weren't fuxked up are honestly the Sprouse twins. I really can't think of any others.

They certainly aren't the only ones. Zendaya and Keke Palmer also come to mind.

 

OT: Yes. As others said, parents need to be 100% involved and ready to let their kids quit if they want to.

[liquiddiamonds]

Y’all are judging from a small fraction of child superstars that become ****** stars or adult superstars. Most child actors never rise to that level and it’s a paycheck until they grow up and continue to play small roles, grow out of the industry or find something else. Tori Amos for example appeared in advertisings as a child and she grew up just fine to become a full-time musician. Many other child actors grew up just fine, like most in the Harry Potter franchise, for example.
 

But the truth is that it depends. Its mostly up to the parents, like in any other environment regarding kids. All of the awful things that happen in the industry also take place in schools, neighborhoods, etc Abusive parents become abusive managers and the kid becomes the financially responsible part of the family, but these cases also happen outside the entertainment industry. only the super famous children have a real hard time, even with good parenting, because of the level of attention and hypersexualization. Must do no good to their mental development

 

I’d personally not involve my kids in it

Edited November 20, 2022 by liquiddiamonds

[Into The Void]

1 hour ago, Pink Matter said:

They certainly aren't the only ones. Zendaya and Keke Palmer also come to mind.

 

OT: Yes. As others said, parents need to be 100% involved and ready to let their kids quit if they want to.

I meant most are there's very few who came out unscathed 

[New Edition]

On 11/19/2022 at 7:39 PM, Proseductice said:

Absolutely it is. The child stars that come out unscathed from the industry are very minuscule. And even if they do I’m sure they had their fair share of therapy work. 

 

I’m worried about the upcoming generation Alpha with the way their parents exploit them for social media fame from infancy. 

I'm  actually curious about this but have parents given up on making their kids actual movie/TV/singing stars and just putting them on youtube, IG, TT to reach people? Do those social media kids actually have the kind of following Selena, Demi etc. had back in the day? I barely see anyone come out of the Disney/Nick system anymore those kids had way more visibility

[Proseductice]

12 minutes ago, New Edition said:

I'm  actually curious about this but have parents given up on making their kids actual movie/TV/singing stars and just putting them on youtube, IG, TT to reach people? Do those social media kids actually have the kind of following Selena, Demi etc. had back in the day? I barely see anyone come out of the Disney/Nick system anymore those kids had way more visibility

Kids are watching Youtube and Tiktok more than they are TV shows on Disney or Nickelodeon. I see social media stars with the upcoming generations becoming more normalized in the future. All it takes is one or two viral videos to really make it. Tariq the corn kid is an example, as well as someone like Ryan Toys/World. While Ryan got most of his fame by building up a fanbase and putting out consistent videos because of his parents, Tariq blew up as a meme. He already has huge sponsors and a generous net worth at only like, 7 years old. 

 

At the same time it's hard to know how well their fame translates outside of the internet. Having a loyal fanbase takes work. Who is to say their millions of followers would show up to a meet and greet? I'm curious too on the generational differences with fame and how it may affect a generation that has been taught to utilize social media since nearly birth. 

[Ash12345]

I think it's really risky. There's definitely a lot of creeps and sketchy people in the entertainment industry. You can try to be the parent that monitors your child very closely, but then you run the risk of alienating your child by being too controlling, since especially teenagers like to try to be independent from their parents and a little rebellious, and you're gonna have people trying to exploit that and drive a wedge between you and your child.