Showbiz Kids

While they earned more than their paper-route contemporaries, they had more problems too.

With almost everything marked, they had difficulty setting their own non-showbiz schedules like studying.

They missed out on the other regular activities of childhood like summer camp.

Some were open to abuse by adults including their parents.

With overflowing money, easily came drugs and other emotional problems.

When they were no longer cute, they felt discarded, like senior citizens at 16.

HBO Signature