The results of the celebrity comparison are conclusive. 294 of the world’s most famous actors and actresses, and musicians prove beyond any doubt the existence of the child for life syndrome. Examining these celebrities shows to what degree the syndrome prevents those affected from physically maturing, how frequently people are affected, when the syndrome began, and how it progressed.

Of all the celebrities included in the comparison, the first victim of the syndrome is Michael Imperioli, who was born on March 26, 1966. This doesn’t necessarily mean that Michael is the first celebrity in the comparison to have had his physical maturation limited by whatever is causing the syndrome, but he is the first to be affected so severely that he didn’t physically mature to the point where he can be considered an adult. There are two reasons why he should be judged the syndrome’s first casualty. One is because 43 people were included in the comparison who were born before Michael and every single one of them physically matured to adulthood, all having done so long before they were Michael’s age in his most recent video evidence, which was 39. Even if we remove the musicians in order to rely exclusively on perfect video evidence, that still leaves 31 actors and actresses. The second reason, working in partnership with the first, is that many of those born soon after Michael also failed to reach adulthood. Focusing only on the actors and actresses, the next oldest is Jack Black, who was born in 1969. Then comes Johnny Knoxville and Jared Leto, both born in 1971. Followed by Jennifer Garner and Selma Blair, both born in 1972, and Shannon Elizabeth and Neve Campbell, both born in 1973. 8 born in 1974 failed to reach adulthood. If there had been a 10 year gap between Michael Imperioli’s birth and the flood of adult-aged children, then he could just be written off as a genetic fluke. But Michael starts the trickle which quickly leads to the flood, making him the comparison’s first child for life.

The syndrome gets progressively more common from 1966 until 1976, at which point it reaches a level where only the very rare exception physically matures to adulthood. Focusing on just the actors and actresses, of the 20 people born from 1970-1972, 16 reached adulthood, and 4 didn’t. Of the 25 born from 1973-1975, 12 reached adulthood, and 13 didn’t. Of the 29 born from 1976-1978, only 3 reached adulthood, while 26 didn’t. And not even one of the 45 born post-1978 has yet reached adulthood. The youngest adult actor or actress is Brooke Burns, born on Mar 16, 1978.

These statistics can’t be dismissed by the argument that the adult to child ratio gets lower as the age groups get younger because many of those involved aren’t yet at an age when they should definitely have already reached adulthood. The oldest that any adult actor or actress in the entire celebrity comparison was confirmed to have reached adulthood was 29, the majority were confirmed as adults by the time they were 24, and many when they were much younger. However, for almost everyone this confirmation was made in their first major role, so in most cases it’s unknown at what age adulthood was actually reached. A small number of the adults have video evidence going back to childhood, and not even one was found to still be a child past 23.

Among the actors and actresses, of the 17 victims of the syndrome that were born from 1970-1975, 12 are confirmed to still be children at 30 or older, 3 at 29, and 2 at 28. Of the 26 children born from 1976-1978, 3 are confirmed to still be children at 26, 8 at 27, 11 at 28, 2 at 29, and 2 at 30. The most recent child confirmation ages for those born post-1978 range from 20 to 27. The celebrity comparison also shows that all but 8 of the 43 children born from 1970-1978 are confirmed to have stopped physically maturing. Only 28 of the 45 children born post-1978 are confirmed to have stopped physically maturing, but since the confirmation requires two pieces of video evidence made at least three years apart, making the confirmation for people in this age range can be difficult. Many haven’t been famous long enough to have the two pieces of video evidence, while others are still so young that they actually do look slightly more mature in their most recent video evidence than they did 3 years earlier. Regardless, based on all of the data, it seems unlikely that even one of these 17 unconfirmed cases will ever reach adulthood. So by the numbers, the group of actors and actresses born from 1946-1965 are extremely different in terms of physical maturity from the group born from 1966-1986, and the syndrome is shown to become steadily more common from 1966-1979.

The results from the musicians side of the celebrity comparison are very similar, but there are certain differences. Of the 118 musicians included, the earliest example of an adult-aged child is Chris Kirkpatrick of “N-Sync”, born on Oct 17, 1971. Chris was born after 37 other musicians. The next two examples are Sean Paul and Pharrell, both born in 1973. So for the musicians the syndrome begins a little later than it did for the actors and actresses, but a bigger difference is the fact that these are the only 3 musicians of the 36 born from 1970-1975 that failed to reach adulthood, which contrasts with the 17 of 45 for the actors and actresses born during that same period. The point when the majority are affected by the syndrome hits the musicians suddenly in 1976. 4 of the 6 musicians born in 1976 failed to reach adulthood, followed by 18 of the 24 born from 1977-1979. Of the 26 born from 1980-1985, only 3 have reached adulthood. The youngest adult is Amy Lee of “Evanescence”, born on Dec 13, 1981. Amy is more than 4 years younger than the youngest adult actor or actress, which is another way that the musicians differ from the actors and actresses - the musicians have younger exceptions to the child for life rule. 7 adult musicians were born after 1977 - 3 in 1978, 1 in 1979, and 3 in 1981.

The syndrome becomes progressively more common between the first child for life in 1966 and the last adult in 1981, and during that period it also shows a very slight progression, overall, in terms of the strength of its affect. Meaning, the children for life born in the early 1980’s are very slightly less physically mature, on average, than those born in the early 1970’s and the late 1960’s.

Though many of the most extreme cases of the syndrome were born in the early days. In fact, Michael Imperioli and Jack Black, the first two victims in the comparison, are probably less physically mature than more than half of the comparison’s children. Chris Kirkpatrick and Jared Leto are the comparison’s forth and fifth victims, and without question they both deserve placement in the more underdeveloped half. On the other hand, Johnny Knoxville, Jennifer Garner and Shannon Elizabeth are the comparison’s third, sixth and tenth victims, and all are in the more physically mature half, Garner coming extremely close to reaching adulthood. The physical maturity level of the syndrome’s younger victims also varies. Elijah Wood, Adam Brody, Christina Ricci and Christina Aguilera are among the least physically mature children; Heath Ledger, Brandon Routh and Jessica Biel are among the most physically mature children; and all were born after 1978. So there’s no consistent connection between birth year and level of physical maturity among the children. But since a disproportionately high number of the most mature children were born before 1975, and a disproportionately low number were born after 1980, it should be concluded that there was an overall progression of the syndrome’s strength, though it was fairly minimal.

The adults born from 1966-1981 also get progressively less physically mature, on average. Most of the borderline adults were born during this period. Matt Damon, Colin Farrell, Kate Winslet and Kate Beckinsale are a few perfect examples. Though some of the adults born during this period physically matured to a level nowhere near the divide between adult and child. Charlize Theron was born in 1975 and Natasha Henstridge in 1974, and they are possibly the two best examples of womanhood in the entire celebrity comparison. As they have been since their first major film roles, both done at the age of 20. So with the adults, just like with the children, there is no consistent connection between birth year and level of physical maturity, but there is a slight overall trend.

With the timeline of the syndrome established, it’s easier to discuss the degree to which it’s preventing people from physically maturing. The difference between the celebrities that matured into adulthood and those that never did isn’t subtle. It isn’t a minor difference that you can sort of see if you really make an effort - the difference is like night and day. It’s almost like the adult group and the child group are two closely related, yet distinctly different, species. A small percentage of both groups are close to the divide between adult and child, but the overwhelming majority are a long way from this divide. The adults in no way resembling children, the children lightyears from adulthood.