• "How to Stop Child Stars From 'Going Bad'" (On Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Bynes and everyone else -- for E! Online)

• "What My Kindergartner Taught Me About Gary Coleman" (On why height is no small thing to little boys)

• "Gary Coleman: The Child Star Who Never Had It All" (On the late actor -- for E! Online)

• "Top Five Troubles of Teen Stars" (On what ails the Miley Cyruses of our pop world -- for E! Online)

• "Five Saddest Child-Star Stories" (On defining child-star moments almost as sad as suicide of Dana Plato's son -- for E! Online)

• "The Real Curse of the Child Star" (On why it's cursed to be "cursed" -- for E! Online)

• "Life Is but Brett Favre and Zac Efron, Strutting and Fretting Their Hours Upon the Stage..." (On the curse of teen idoldom)

• "When the Studio Gate Swings Shut" (On David Archuleta and the child-star ride)

• "Misty, Water-Colored Memory Merchants..." (On nostalgia shows)

• "No 'Small Wonder': The Legend of Jerry Supiran" (On why it can be good to get lost)

• "From JTT to JB" (More on teen idoldom)

• "Jodie Sweetin's Cross to Bear, Costarring Keshia Knight Pulliam" (On growing up, or not)

• "A Very-Important Lesson for Cindy and Topanga" (On Susan Olsen and Danielle Fishel)

• "Homecoming Queens and Tatum O'Neal" (On the child-star sliding scale)

• "Ain't She Sweet?" (On Molly Ringwald's fall from the heights of teen stardom)

• "And So We Raise a Glass of Grenadine and Ginger Ale..." (On Shirley Temple)

• "How to Rewrite Your Obit, Britney Spears" (On avoiding the cliche)

• "George Clooney: What Might Have Been for Village Extra" (On the blessing of late fame)