Unfortunately, this sometimes happens, and many of the most well-known instances happen in Hollywood.

However, asZendayagrew more successful, she became the family breadwinner.

And I wish I went to school," she said.

Zendaya, in patterned jacket over bright top, with wavy hair, on "Shake It Up"

After losing his IT job in 2001, he couldn’t find work for three years.

We would like to withdraw $2,000 from the account to cover us for the next month.

My husband is currently looking for work, and I have two other children to take care of.'

very young Naya as Gwendolyn sitting on a kitchen counter talking to Steve Urkel on "Family Matters"

The judge would listen, and then ask me if I was okay with the idea.

I always said yes."

Withdrawing from her Coogan account wasn’t the only way Naya provided for her family.

JoJo Siwa in a classroom setting, wearing a signature bow, gesturing with her finger raised

That’s always been a fear of theirs, always has been.

Just because the opportunity of me leaving them high and dry was right there.

People have done it before.

Sydney in a dress and blazer with a backpack in a school scene from "Kickin' It"

Child stars have done it before, but I would never do that to my family."

Thank you for buying us this new house.

Thank you for letting us remodel it.

Young Lenny in a light jacket, looking surprised

Thank you for keeping us in your bubble,'" she said.

4.WhenSydney Sweeneywas about 11 or 12, her family moved to LA so she could pursue acting.

I didnt want to fail them."

YoungJodie in braids and a checkered dress with a polka-dot scarf outdoors in a scene from "Napoleon and Samantha"

In 2024, she told theAtlantic, “I was it.

There was no other income besides me.”

My life depended on it, so I thought.

Brooke Shields in a scene from "Pretty Baby," holding a doll, wearing a straw hat

You know, you just keep the peace….You never know what to expect with an alcoholic.

I don’t dance.

I’m basically tone-deaf, and I’m not funny.

Bella as Cene with layered hair, wearing a detailed bomber jacket and a lips necklace in a scene from "Shake It Up"

So I don’t know why I’m here.'

And everybody just started laughing.

So it was like, all of our roles were switched.

Keke as True Jackson in sleeveless top with bow, smiling in front of an elevator in a scene from "True Jackson VP"

Or how could my parents have a job?

Or how could we sustain the same lifestyle even if they did have a job?

Because I was making the kind of money that many people never make.

Dylan and Cole standing together in a scene from "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody"

It put us in a crazy position."

I never made the decision to join the arts or acting specifically.

And so it was never really my passion."

young Jena in a long-sleeved t-shirt in a scene from "Stepmom"

That would beFriendsandBig Daddy.

In 2003, Jena toldIndex Magazine, “Financially I had come to a sink or swim situation.

She also said, “Well, I wanted to be legally responsible for myself.

Wesley Crusher from Star Trek sitting at a table, smiling, in character attire

I wanted to sign my own contracts.

If a mistake was made, I would be accountable, and I would learn from it.

Unfortunately it’s not as easy as it sounds.

in a scene from "Camp Rock," Demi singing onstage to an audience, spotlighted, wearing a casual top with microphone in hand

As with any change, you learn a lot.

You see things more truthfully.”

She constantly gaslighted me about how I really did want to be an actor.

She was so manipulative about it.

She would tell me how selfish I was because she’d sacrificed her own career to support mine.”

Until I ended contact with them, they gaslighted me about this whenever I brought it up."

They didn’t get that.