It seems like it was just yesterday that you were spending Saturday nights watching Nickelodeon’s SNICK programming and chilling on the couch while tuning into Clarissa Explains It Allbefore covering your eyes with a blanket while watching Are You Afraid of The Dark?It was a time defined by kids-first programming and shows that not only made viewers laugh and cry, but also feel seen. And although it’s been three decades since ’90s kids enjoyed those moments for the first time, it’s still hard to imagine many of the stars we watched on TV as full-grown adults. Yup, ’90s child stars now have children of their own.
Nostalgia for those days has been high lately with reboots of shows like All Thatand Rugrats, everyone seems excited to time travel back. But the most notable revival from those days might not be your favorite cartoons, movies, or even fashion, but the offspring of ’90s stars, who in some cases hold such an uncanny resemblance to their parents it seems as though they could be reincarnations of the former child stars. So, grab your remote and questionably bright ensemble, and get ready for some of the most recognizable ’90s child stars who now have kids of their own.
Speaking of Full House, fans will recall Cameron Bure as older sibling DJ Tanner on the show — and in the Netflix spinoff series Fuller House. And although she’s been on the small screen all of her life, she doesn’t mind being protective of what her kids watch and even told People that she kept an eye on their screens. Lucky for her, Full House is super family-friendly, so her three children — Natasha, Lev, and Maksim — are safe to tune in.
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Anna Chlumsky
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If you’re a ’90s kid, you best know Anna Chlumsky for her role as Vada Sultenfuss in the movie My Girl. The movie was an instant classic, though Anna did reveal to Bustlethat being a child star wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. “When you're a kid, other people are making decisions for you, and you’re just doing it for adults’ approval. ... It's your parents’ egos,” she said. Now, Anna is best known for her role on HBO’s political comedy Veep and a more important role as a mother of daughters Penelope and Clara.
Fans likely remember Kyla Pratt as the voice behind Penny Proud on Disney Channel’s animated series Proud Family. But since then she’s taken on plenty of roles, including playing Eddie Murphy’s daughter in the Dr. Dolittle films and reprising her role in The Proud Family Movie. Fans can still catch her on VH1’s Black Ink Crew and on Fox’s Call Me Kat. She’s also very proud to call herself mom of daughters Lyric and Liyah.
Hayden Panettiere welcomed her daughter Kaya into the world in 2014. And although we know Hayden from movies like Remember the Titans and the film Bring It On: All Or Nothing, the star got her start acting at just 5 years old, playing Sarah Roberts on the daytime drama One Life To Live. She reminisced on those early days on an episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: “Your confidence is through the roof” she said. “I don’t know where that went ... I’m saying you could be in your birthday suit and you could be the most confident person in the room at 7 years old.” Hopefully, for Kaya’s sake, that confidence is hereditary.