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Sarah Michelle Gellar won't allow her daughter to appear on camera until she is 18 years old and no longer living with her parents.

The 45-year-old actress — who has Charlotte, 13, and Rocky, 10, with husband Freddie Prinze Jr, 46 — revealed the acting rules she has in place for her eldest child in an interview The Hollywood Reporter.

'Does it scare the s*** out of me? Well, we have rules in place. She can't be in front of a camera until she graduates high school,' Sarah - who recently called the set of Buffy The Vampire Slayer 'toxic' - shared.

The actress went on: 'She says to me, "That’s unfair. You were a child actor." Yes, I was. But I was not the child of two famous parents.'

Gellar started appearing on TV herself in her mid-teens before shooting to global fame in the title role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in her early 20s. 

However, the Scooby Doo star did go on to clarify that she would 'never stop' Charlotte following in her footsteps but insisted that it would not be happening while she is still 'living under her roof.'

'I'll never stop her from being on a set. But she’s just not going on camera while she’s living under our roof. There’ll be different expectations for her, so she needs to learn everything there is first.'

What's more, Sarah has previously explained that she will not allow Charlotte to use social media until she is older and can 'understand' the nature of having an online platform.

She said: 'My son doesn't care. That's not his world. It's definitely something my daughter and I discuss. It's an ever-evolving conversation.'

'Obviously, there will be a time when I can't say no anymore because I'll be keeping her away from the way her generation communicates. But I also need to wait until she gets to a point where she understands the permanence of what you put out there.'