For child stars, the road to adult fame is littered with the bodies of fallen compatriots who couldn’t make the transition. From Haley Joel Osment to Candace Cameron, Debbie Gibson to Jonathan Taylor Thomas, these days you’re most likely to find a former tween dream on some VH1 show about rehab or has-beens and the carnage stretches back to Hollywood’s silent era.
Only time will tell if the Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus and their cohorts go the way of Jodie Foster or David Cassidy, but presently all eyes are on the stars of High School Musical.