For those interested, there's a very good documentary on this this topic, Showbiz Kids¹. Will Wheaton is indeed interviewed. There are some children who genuin

For those interested, there's a very good documentary on this this topic, Showbiz Kids¹. Will Wheaton is indeed interviewed. There are some children who genuinely have interest for acting, and some who don't. There's at least one mother (that I remember) displaying the traits of mother who Wheaton describes, and the, more or less subtle, pressure she exerts on the child - children clearly can't handle that, and the situation is bound to make somebody unhappy either way. ¹=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EX29aeEMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EX29aeEMI