10 Still-Sane Child Stars

Brian Bonsall once played adorable baby-of-the-family Andy Keaton on Family Ties; now he’s a druggie who was recently arrested for assaulting a friend with a bar stool—but not all former child stars head down that ugly path. The Frisky rounds up 10 who managed to keep it together:

• Neil Patrick Harris: With his Doogie Howser MD days behind him, NPH is a pop-culture phenomenon, with successes on TV and stage.

• Natalie Portman: Got her start at age 11 in The Professional and has been nothing but professional since.
• Jerry O’Connell: You might remember him as chubby Vern Tessio in Stand By Me, but now he’s married to model Rebecca Romijn.
• Alyssa Milano: After growing up on Who’s the Boss? and moving on to Charmed as an adult, she’s now married with a book out—not a tell-all, a baseball memoir.
• Melissa Gilbert: She went from Laura Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie to president of the Screen Actors Guild—as well as wife, mother, and author.

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