Mother Wants Teen To Become An Actor, Forces Her To Take Hormone Pills To Look Older!

A stardom life is always fantasy filled. The attention from people, the riches, the name, and fame is something many women dream of. The reality is only a few could reach the goal.

When an actress walks over the red carpet, her attire and beauty are what everyone out there, views. Behind her pretty smile, there would have been many struggles, pain, and rejection in the past. She would have crossed many hurdles to reach such a position today. An opportunity does not knock on everyone’s door. A few are lucky to reach the stage. There are many who have failed in the process and given up.

To reach that end to what extent one can go?

A shocking incident in Andhra Pradesh reveals a 16-year-old girl was forcefully fed hormone pills by her mother so that she could act in films. She had been taking the medicines for the past four years. Every time she consumed the pills she becomes unconscious and the next day her body swells with pain because of which she couldn’t concentrate on her studies.

Unable to bear the agony any further with some known help she dialled 1098, the child help line. The Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights finally rescued her.

The medicines she had been taking could have caused several side effects. It would have affected her physically and emotionally. The ultimate aim to make her daughter into an actress has blinded her mother’s vision.

Why couldn’t she sense the danger her daughter had been through?

Is it a lack of awareness?

A women’s education is the most important part of her life to make her succeed. It is a long way to go but if she crosses it, she is sure to reach heights. After her education, she could have been enrolled in acting courses and could have attended auditions. When there is a goal to reach, the path taken to reach should also be straight.

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There are processes and procedures to be followed in whatever profession she chooses. It is better to get advice from known relatives or friends if not sure of something instead of falling into unknown traps.

It is to be appreciated that at least now the girl resorted to help rather than allowing herself to endure the pain all the time.

Her mother would have dreamed to see her as an actress but the path chosen was incorrect because of which they suffer today.

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