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Logical_Winner15 Mar 19, 2026 +587

This is what should’ve happened for more child actors

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Funmachine Mar 19, 2026 +350

A lot of child actors have stage parents who are just as damaging

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CaptainFeather Mar 19, 2026 +143

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy offers some excellent insight on this topic. Recommend the audio book since it's narrated by her.

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twennyjuan Mar 19, 2026 +13

Such a fantastic book. Horrifying what she went through.

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Garlan_Tyrell Mar 19, 2026 +125

Miley’s comments mention that in the linked article. Her parents were already successful and “stable”, so she wasn’t a child star whose career was the main family source of income. So her parents didn’t have the motive to be as overbearing as many other stage parents.

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Bituulzman Mar 19, 2026 +28

So….nepotism in Hollywood is now good? 🤔 /s in case not obvious

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tlollz52 Mar 19, 2026 +65

Honestly, they should have social workers on set and rules surrounding child actors should be more strict such as filming time etc

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act_surprised Mar 19, 2026 +29

They have all of that

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tlollz52 Mar 19, 2026 +38

Damn, im a genius then.

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FaberOG Mar 19, 2026 +22

Fantastic work

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discordianofslack Mar 19, 2026 +10

You can take next week off.

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meatball77 Mar 19, 2026 +7

That's the job of the on set teacher.

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jax_in_the_lake Mar 19, 2026 +44

Many child actors have parents who don’t give a shit and serve them up on a platter

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RepresentativeShop11 Mar 19, 2026 +22

This was the problem for Macaulay culkin.

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Logical_Winner15 Mar 19, 2026 +7

And many more!

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TheCraftyWombat Mar 19, 2026 +6

Nope. Only the Culkin kid /s

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Icy-Whale-2253 Mar 19, 2026 +12

Most child actors don’t have famous parents let alone have their famous parents working on the same set.

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unique_user43 Mar 19, 2026 +7

well many child actors’ parents are their pimps. that’s the bigger problem.

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SomeCountryFriedBS Mar 19, 2026 +3

That monkey paw curled for Thora Birch.

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The_Mellow_Tiger Mar 19, 2026 +2

Exactly who I was going to mention. That poor f****** girl.

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OPMajoradidas Mar 19, 2026 +5

No shit.

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ManBro89 Mar 20, 2026 +2

Child actors shouldn't exist. If you want children in your program, it better be an animated program with an adult voice actor with a childish voice.

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iameveryoneelse Mar 19, 2026 +325

Protected her, maybe, but who was protecting all her coworkers from Billy Ray?

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mammothpiss Mar 19, 2026 +80

Their dads were there too

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warped_and_bubbling Mar 19, 2026 +53

It was just dads all the way down.

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Dickrickulous_IV Mar 19, 2026 +24

Quiet now. All dads on set.

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nephelodusa Mar 20, 2026 +1

Dad quiet

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smarmy1625 Mar 19, 2026 +8

This guy? Nothing to worry about. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/billy-ray-cyrus-disturbing-meltdown-042648114.html

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CantAffordzUsername Mar 19, 2026 +51

First hand account: Was one the show for a few episodes, background. One of the crew, some English lady name Tina, pretty much told us to piss off and do not bother anyone on set, don’t eat their food, don’t breath (that’s standard Disney treatment on any set for non-Union background) Complied each day, one of them I was waiting for the crew to eat first for lunch (we are told to go last) While waiting with my fellow background Billy came up ask asked us what we hadn’t started eating yet, we told him we were waiting for the crew first. He said “No, no you guys are part of the crew, go in front of me and get yourself something to eat” Not 20 seconds later did we hear Tina start barking at us and rush us when Billy cut her off and said “Leave them alone, I told them to go eat” It’s non of my business to judge Billy’s personally life posted in the tabloids, all I’ll say is he had our back that day. Grateful, thanks for letting us eat lunch Billy!

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diegodarmawangsa Mar 19, 2026 +73

Do we think things are better for child actors now or not really?

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CaptainAwesome_5000 Mar 19, 2026 +108

They are. There are more protections in place for their earnings, education, and mental health overall. It's not perfect because there are still shitty, manipulative parents, but it is better than it was.

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Allopurinlol Mar 19, 2026 +13

Come to think of it, I’m surprised this administration hasn’t targeted these protections yet. It’s right up their alley.

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Daily-Double1124 Mar 19, 2026 +4

Don't give them any ideas.

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wsxdfcvgbnjmlkjafals Mar 19, 2026 +28

OH hell yeah. Entire laws have been passed and under-18 set work is severely restricted. and it's not catch-all. A baby's time on set is incredibly limited. it's highly dictated now. and in general the North American unions have made a huge push in the last 10+ years to improve hirings, workplace behavior, deal with bigotry etc

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The_Magic Mar 19, 2026 +8

Its better today than it used to be, especially on a union set. Still not the ideal environment for kids though.

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Walaina Mar 19, 2026

With all the talk of negative AI being used in film, not sure why we wouldn’t be in favor of it being used in place of child actors

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Far-Swimming3092 Mar 19, 2026 +3

The real abusive parents have taken it in their own hands on the internet. "The House of my Mother" by Shari Franke

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DragonfruitOk6390 Mar 20, 2026 +1

Yes, new ways to exploit kids and not centralized in one state so getting protection laws is harder

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SirChrisJames Mar 19, 2026 +1

Of course. Relatively speaking we live in the safest, most convenient era of history. And these aspects are only improving as time goes on. The problem is that "safest" in this context is relative to the past, not the likelihood that something bad will happen due to negligence, abuse, or otherwise. So long as Hollywood continues to hire children as actors, there will always be a non-zero percent chance of risk. The best we can do is mitigate that risk to as close to zero as possible.

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TeslasAndComicbooks Mar 19, 2026 +18

I’m really close friends with a famous child actor. She told me the difference between the kids who were able to live a normal life after acting and those who weren’t was the presence of a parent on set.

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static-klingon Mar 19, 2026 +23

Then I guess putting her into child acting was putting her in harms way in the first place?

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kingtutscoffeehut Mar 19, 2026 +7

Putting your kid into a car is harm’s way too. That’s why you drive sensibly to limit risk.

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static-klingon Mar 19, 2026 +11

Putting your child in an automobile is fairly necessary. Putting your child into professional acting is not.

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NailingCatsToTrees_ Mar 19, 2026 +5

But money

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Eighth_Eve Mar 19, 2026

I'm sure she'd rather have stayed in school be working a double shift at dollar general right now.

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static-klingon Mar 19, 2026 +1

Her godmother is Dolly Parton. They were not hurting for money. Get real.

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originatr Mar 20, 2026 +1

…what? my friends godfather is a famous nba player… and he works lol

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SupportDifficult3346 Mar 19, 2026 +10

But what does the original Miley in the desert think!

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Difficult_Mix_3620 Mar 19, 2026 +13

It also probably made her need for rebellion after it ended that much stronger.

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Apart-Oil-8731 Mar 19, 2026

Was it really rebellion ? She seemed to just be acting like a lot of people her age (smoking, partying, etc) . Unless there is things I’m missing LOL.

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nuggetsofchicken Mar 19, 2026 +6

Didn't seem to do much to protect his most recent wife he was recorded verbally abusing.

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Logical_Winner15 Mar 19, 2026 -1

Protect her from who? He's the one that filed for divorce and has moved on. She is the one who keeps mentioning it for clout. Even her own family has said he didn't abuse her

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CanPlayGuitarButBad Mar 19, 2026 +19

Protected by some definition.

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SomewhereEffective40 Mar 19, 2026 +29

She seems very well adjusted as an adult. How was she not protected? Her going wild happened in her 20s - like most folks - and served her career post Disney. Dolly Parton is her godmother and has always supported and mentored her. She’s probably one of the luckiest child stars in a generation when it comes to protection and parents knowing the industry. Her and her dad had a falling out post divorcing her mom, but she was an adult then - they’ve recovered. Edit: and Dolly has seen some shit as she started at 14 in the industry in a much rougher era for women.

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ascagnel____ Mar 19, 2026 +24

> Her going wild happened in her 20s - like most folks - and served her career post Disney. My assumption was that her going wild in her 20s was an intentional attempt to distance herself from the Disney image.

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SomewhereEffective40 Mar 19, 2026 +4

Yeah - It was both imo. If she left Hollywood she would have still had some sort of era less curated. People judged her for it way too much.

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VictorReal_Monster Mar 19, 2026 +10

Also her wild was *exceptionally* mild compared to a lot of others than came not long before here (Amanda, Lindsey, Brit). I remember her getting caught smoking weed as being the beginning of that era and the most she did was reveal some skin and get some tattoos, had a messy on off relationship with someone her own age. Literally normal people shit

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Logical_Winner15 Mar 19, 2026 +2

Yeah, she was actually pretty lucky. having Billy Ray in the industry and on set every day made a big difference in protecting her

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Ok-Walk-8040 Mar 19, 2026 +31

If something happened to her it would break his achy breaky heart

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_CoachMcGuirk Mar 19, 2026 +5

Too bad having him on set didn't protect Firerose

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alien-niven Mar 19, 2026 +8

Firerose was in her 20s when they met, and they didn't start dating until they reconnected when Firerose was in her thirties. He was a bad husband, not a predator.

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Logical_Winner15 Mar 19, 2026 +2

Too bad people act like they know every detail.

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bebespeaks Mar 19, 2026 +4

Are there fewer child actors in the industry now in 2026? Or are we just hearing less of their names because none of them have the talent in comparison to the likes of the Olsens, the Fannings, JTT, Anna Sophia Robb, Josh Hutcherson, Canadian Teen Actors of the 2000s-2010s, etc?

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Draw-Two-Cards Mar 19, 2026 +9

Granted it is still not that recent but you are skipping over a generation of Zendaya, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Jake Paul, Olivia Holt, Dove Cameron, Peyton List, and I am sure more I am forgetting.

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bebespeaks Mar 19, 2026 +3

That generation was happening on TV by the time I was in my early 20s, and I was already emotionally removed from even the most intense episodes of Good Luck Charlie (I still am confused which few episodes were produced WithOUT a laugh track, I want to watch those ones only to see the difference). Seasons 10 and 11 of Degrassi (the Ali drama and Eli bipolar issues) were the last two seasons of any teen show I kept up on.

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Draw-Two-Cards Mar 19, 2026 +4

At least you went out on peak. I actually find it crazy that this generation doesn't have a Degrassi.

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bebespeaks Mar 19, 2026 +1

I wish today's kids had a simplified tv show like seasons 1-2 of Degrassi, without chaotic and over exaggerated plots and 25yr old actors playing 13-18yr olds (ahem, Jason Earles at 28yrs old playing Jackson on Hannah Montana, and Corey Montieth 27yrs old playing Finn on Glee). I never watched Euphoria but heard it was just sex and drugs for 22-30yr olds cosplaying as teenagers for Netflix money.

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Draw-Two-Cards Mar 19, 2026 +3

I love the show but the first episode of TNG has Emma moments away from being raped by a sexual predator and the season ends with Ashley taking ecstasy and actually being raped.

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VictorReal_Monster Mar 19, 2026 +2

Yeah TNG was dark and full of terrors haha. But I will maintain it's actually one of the better 'educational' tools, because it wasn't ever really that preachy imo, it was just here are some kids and their lives are messy, if they just talked to their parents it would mostly be okay (since we could have literally watch those parents go through the exact same things a decade prior)

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TheFatNinjaMaster Mar 19, 2026 +1

Modern children don’t watch much TV into their teenage years as they are sucked into the world of TikTok, Twitch, and other eCelebrity stuff.

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SuperVancouverBC Mar 20, 2026 +1

Ross Lynch

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Logical_Winner15 Mar 19, 2026 +7

Back then Disney/Nick basically made household names, now everything’s spread out so no one hits that same level of fame. Plus a lot of shows cast older actors to play teens anyway.

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Smart_Ass_Dave Mar 19, 2026 +2

Sitcoms about families necessitating a cast of 2-4 children are less common. I don't think that's all of it, but it's a part.

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DazzlingAria Mar 19, 2026 +1

The child actors are mostly doing movies now, see Jacobi Jupe on Hamnet

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phenomenalrocklady Mar 19, 2026 +1

They're on YouTube and not protected.

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sandrakarr Mar 20, 2026 +1

possibly relevant: It occurred to me a few years ago that there aren't *near* the amount of kids/family movies like there were in the 90s. Three Ninjas series, Mighty Ducks, Sandlot, Beethoven, Surf Ninjas, Matilda, Hook, Parent Trap, It Takes Two, an entire slew of Disney Movies like Halloween Town, 13th Year, ~~That snowboarding one with the kid from Hawaii~~ Johnnt Tsunami, Smart House, etc. I admit I havent kept up with everything that the disney channel has put straight to tv or D+ in the last 10-15 years, but it certainly feels we dont see near as many kid oriented feature films. Im...actually struggling to think of any recently, actually.

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bkfu2ok Mar 19, 2026 +3

Didn’t he make her do a n*** shoot

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Ok-Highway-5247 Mar 19, 2026

She wore a sheet that exposed her back at 15-16. I have mixed feelings about the photo but it really wasn’t much different than wearing a backless dress.

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bkfu2ok Mar 19, 2026 +2

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/miley-cyrus-opens-topless-vanity-165526922.html

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NoSolution1150 Mar 19, 2026 +1

dont break my heart

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Bitter-Juggernaut681 Mar 19, 2026 +1

Who were the predators and why are they free

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Scott_aka_BiG Mar 19, 2026 +1

F*** that drunk crazy trumpie pos

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Wide-Ad-9973 Mar 20, 2026 +1

In a better world all parents would be there for their kids

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Heavy_Early Mar 19, 2026 +1

Pimps gotta keep their money makers safe.

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Doodah18 Mar 20, 2026 +1

Wasn’t he the one that gave the ok for her underage photo shoot wearing nothing but a sheet?

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epicredditdude1 Mar 19, 2026 -1

I wouldn’t be so sure about that… https://youtu.be/vHjsGfmrqfk?si=38ZDj1ELMJ2rySsH

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D0nCoyote Mar 19, 2026 +3

Didn’t she? What did I miss?

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e_x_i_t Mar 19, 2026 +1

She went a bit wild in her 20s, like most 20 year olds do.

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D0nCoyote Mar 19, 2026 +1

Oh for sure! I was just chocking that up to being a dumb 20-something like we all were/are/will be. Just in the public eye because of her celebrity status.

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e_x_i_t Mar 19, 2026 +2

Yeah she was quite tame, especially compared to some of her peers from that era.

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D0nCoyote Mar 19, 2026 +1

lol, what? Try again. I’m certainly not a celeb worshipper, and am not even remotely a Miley fan. I’m just legitimately asking how she did not turn out ok. Seems pretty well adjusted as an adult and didn’t go through some of the public downward spiraling that other child stars did.

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horse_renoir13 Mar 19, 2026 +1

She has had a very successful career, I guess what would you be referring to in terms of her shortcomings?

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