THE REALITY OF CHILD ACTORS

Trapped by their own celebrity, child actors will often feign toughness, lashing out at friends and family.

When that proves futile, they'll turn to alcohol, drugs, name-calling...

Then things will start to get bad. The lucky child has-been may have to skip a few meals between talk show spots. Otherwise, who knows...

Pirantishead could be anyone
(Ricky Shroeder? Corey Feldman?)

Remember:

Child actors are people, too.