Imagine waking up on a  sunny day, eating breakfast in the comfort of your own home, and getting ready for school. When it’s time to depart, you  meet up with friends and walk to school, a typical day. Yet, a child star faces this, along with the sudden accosting from 16 cameras, people, both chasing and shouting 20 questions at once. All the while, you are crowded, unable to walk, while simply taking part in an ordinary trip to school. Yes, you are rich and famous, but is this worth it, especially as a child? 

   

Being a child star can be extremely scary and risky. Kids who become famous at a very young age face a lot of pressure in the world and lose all their privacy. Sometimes, people only care about their money, even their parents, and not the child's life. They don't get the real childhood experience, like playing in a playground, going to a regular school, making friends, etc.. This can cause depression and make them very pressured all the time. Also following what I just said, as they grow older those feelings never leave, and they cause drug use, drinking issues, and going crazy because of rumors, paparazzi and so much more. 

 

While being a child star might sound exciting and fun, it also comes with a harsh reality. Let’s look at a few stars who, in fact, have suffered at the hands of being a child star: Britney Spears, Demi Lovato, Jake Lloyd, Amanda Bynes. The list continues, as people of power are the ones who take advantage of the children left unprotected.

 

As someone who is on social media you are always hearing people saying to protect child stars, but do we? Everyone deserves a normal childhood, famous or not, and everyone deserves love but not just for their fame.