Why are children allowed to act in TV shows/movies?

[Rev. Rye]

They can only be on set for a certain amount of time. It may seem like the kids are always on the show while you're watching it, but they aren't. Most of them are probably home-schooled.

Sometimes, show business can ruin a kid, but not always. Certainly, Drew Barrymore had her issues, but she recovered and she's still an amazing actress.

I've done a lot of reading about this area, and it appears that the required levels of education they miss has to be made up for on set, usually by tutors because most schools won't accept a student who has to keep missing days to shoot their film/TV show.

You can rise above it all (like Jodie Foster, Shirley Temple, Billy Mumy, Dean Stockwell, Christian Bale, Natalie Wood, Neil Patrick Harris, the three kids from Harry Potter, Ron Howard, Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Connelly, Freddie Highmore, Elijah Wood, Seth Green, and many others who ended up a bit less together), or you can drown in your own shit (like so many others)