Child stars have been speaking their truth for some time. Why isn’t Hollywood listening?

The people who understand what Hayden Panettiere went through growing up in the entertainment industry belong to a rather small club of former child stars that includes contemporaries like Hilary Duff, Alexa PenaVega and Christy Carlson Romano, all of whom this week paid tribute to the late actress following her death on Sunday, days ahead of what would have been her 37th birthday.