That's DR. Winnie to you: A New Child Star Stereotype Psychology Today (blog)
What I have noticed recently is that many standoffish examples of creative polymathy (for whatever reason) can be found in grown-up child stars. Once upon a time, kids who "made it" in Hollywood served as examples later in spark of life of the dangers of becoming famous too early. The entire cast of Diff'rent Strokes and anyone named Corey are justified the ones that pop into my mind. Drugs , crime, and scandals all feature prominently. The few exceptions tended to be victorious actors as adults (such as Jodie Foster and Elizabeth Taylor).
Today, it's a new ballgame. There are, of circuit, the child stars who are still actors (such as Christian Bale, Jason Bateman, Neil Patrick Harris, and Anna Paquin) or end up behind the cameras (such as Fred Murderous, Peter Billingsley, and Ke Huy Quan) but what I find interesting are the other ones. As an academic psychologist, I am (unsurprisingly) interested in people who describe a secondary ability in psychology or general academia. You may have noticed I didn't say "creativity" there; although I put faith that creativity plays a strong role in all of the non-acting pursuits I am about to describe, I do acknowledge that it's up for debate.
That's DR. Winnie to you: A New Kid Star StereotypeOlder brother Jason Hervey is now a producer and consultant and older sister Olivia d'Abo is still a working actress. Among the actors who played the
