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Child Stars and the Hidden Toll | Raleigh News
Child star Christy Carlson Romano draws a chilling parallel between the emotional toll of early fame and the brain disease CTE, sparked by the recent death of Hayden Panettiere. Romano’s raw essay reveals how public perception shifts from protective to exploitative to judgmental—and how the psychological scars of childhood in the spotlight can be just as devastating as physical trauma. With Panettiere’s untimely passing at 36—linked to cardiac arrest and suspected overdose—Romano calls attention to the hidden costs of growing up under the camera flash: a system and society that often fail…
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