Melissa Joan Hart: 'Being a teen star hard'

Melissa Joan Hart has confessed that she is glad not to be a teen star in today's showbiz climate.

In an interview with Parade, the Melissa & Joey actress said that a lot has changed for young celebrities since her own initial success on the Nickelodeon sitcom Clarissa Explains It All in the early '90s.

"I would not want to be a teenager in this day and age because of how much access the public has to people's lives. There's no mystery left, there's no hiding anything," she explained.

"When you have Twitter and you can put things directly out to the world, it's dangerous. Especially when you're a teenager or in your early 20s and you think you're invincible and you think everything you have to say is brilliant. It's a tricky world right now."

She continued: "Miley Cyrus and all of them, they've got a lot to handle. And we all go through it. We pretty much all went through a crazy period in our teens and 20s, but it wasn't on record."

Hart recently admitted to struggling with being away from her husband and young children while filming Melissa & Joey, and revealed that she finds it stressful to attempt bi-coastal parenting.