that's got to stop. >> reporter: we contacted corey haim's mother. y feldman has to say. i wish he would talk about himself only and leave my son out of it. is there a dark side to child stardom? >> definitely. i i ink a lot of kids don't really want to do it. i think the parents want to do it more than the kids. >> reporter: chris snyder says for most child stata it's the parents that can cause more damage. he would know, having managed with his late boss iris burton some of the most iconic child stars. including feldman, river phoenix, and drew barrymore. >> the biggest problem in the whole thing is when the parents start to live through the kids and quit their jobs and buy expensive houses, buy expensive cars. and the parents aren't understanding it's not going to go on forever. and it just wrecks everything. >> reporter: feldman's parents managed his career until the money came between them. >> i got legally emancipated by going to the producers pension health and welfare plan myself, at 14 years old,d, and saying, what were my earnings? and what'