Dana Plato

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The paper explores the impacts of childhood stardom and how it affects child stars as adults. The paper focuses on child star Dana Plato who had a lead role on the 1980's hit TV series "Different Strokes" with Todd Willis and Gary Coleman. The paper explains that all these stars had drug and alcohol addictions, run-ins with the law and other life tragedies. The paper relates how in the end, Plato went from being a child star earning $25,000 an episode to a drug addict.

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"An exploration into the worlds of childhood as an aspect of human experience is representative of many forms in various cultures over time. From birth through puberty, children enter into progressively more complex interactions with the adults, siblings, and peers with whom they share families, schools, and communities. It is not unfair to assume that various environments impact a child's social and emotional development. These environments can be both advantageous as well as disadvantageous in terms of how external factors play a role in shaping the lives of children alike."

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