I don't know who the worst child actors and actresses are - I would have to say the ones who grow up to be drug addicts, booze inhalers, or as Katzie put it so eloquently in another thread, - "nuck futs." LOL. Those are the ones, IMO, that have let stardom get to their heads and are abusing the fame and fortune that they were fortunate enough to acquire as a child. Not all of them do, and those are the ones that I respect.
Everyone has problems. Everyone. Child, adult, teenager, adolescent, geriatric. They've all got an issue, one way or another.
As far as talent - we can't expect a kid to know everything about acting, especially on their first movie. I think Emma Watson is a good enough actress and I do see a lot of improvement on her part in movie 2 and then even more in movie 3. NO one knows where she'll be when the Harry Potter movies are finished filming. Perhaps she'll settle down and focus on schooling, or perhaps she'll continue with her acting and try her luck at different roles. It is entirely up to her. She does have a foot in the door, though. She'll succeed in whatever she chooses to do.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is - kids are kids. Acting is something they do for fun, and because they're capable of doing a believeable job. They also get paid for it, which is awesome. They're still kids. Some kids have more skill and talent than others, that's a given. It's when they become adults that we really look at them and say whether they're good actors and actresses. It's when they're adults that we look back at them and say, "aww, wow, look at that, she did pretty good as a kid!"
Look at Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen. We actually saw them on the small screen when they were just babies. For babies, I'm impressed. Now, though, I'm not entirely impressed with Mary-Kate's drinking issues.
