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Alyson Stoner began appearing on screen at age 9, starring in film and television projects including “Cheaper By The Dozen,” “Camp Rock,” “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” and Missy Elliott’s “Work It” music video. Now 32, Stoner (who uses they/them pronouns) is a vocal advocate for safeguarding child entertainers. They do so through Movement Genius, the company they founded in 2020 that offers science-backed resources to support mind and body, through championing conversations in the industry circles and, most recently, through the release of their new memoir, Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything. “Literally everything” is a harrowing catch-all. Stoner survived sexual assault, battled an eating disorder, experienced stalkers and kidnapping plots, and “had no idea what bodily autonomy and consent were until my early 20s.” Add in exposure to traumatic film and television storylines, daunting work schedules, being in rooms with adults who didn’t display appropriate behavior around minors, financial pressure and instability, and the picture becomes even more vivid. “I had a 15-person team of adults who relied on me to make them money and so even if my family said, ‘This is just for fun,’ I knew I’d be dropped like a fly if I didn’t keep booking work,” Stoner says. “For a child, it’s important to have stability and routine and consistency. The industry is the absolute antithesis of that. It’s last minute, life-altering opportunities. You’re removed from school to go to an audition, you don’t have childhood hobbies, highs are ultra high and lows are ultra low. There’s cut-throat competition, constant rejection. It’s not a recipe for a balanced developmental curve.” What the equation of these circumstances led to, Stoner says, “was my nervous system’s best attempt at coping, which became the development of deep trust issues, preferring to isolate, and experiencing high levels of…

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