I have always tried to teach my children to value personality and actual achievements over appearance, this thread is not about my children as such but it's about how teenagers are facing such pressure in terms of appearance.
Teenage girls are pressured to be slim yet since the emergence of the Kartrashians and other celebs like them to have figures that are completely unrealistic without surgery. Many of DD's friends go on diets etc to lose weight when they are all perfectly healthy and normal.
Teenage boys are shown men that have huge muscles and very little fat, this has led to huge problems with the rise of steroids.
The media for too long has been presenting unrealistic unattainable figures on young people and we as parents should do something. Teenagers face enough exam pressure without this adding to it.
As a body rights campaigner I think the media should promote health at every side and show a wider range of models in magazines. Its great to see pretty plus size models like Tess Holiday gaining attention. Kim kardashian is just as unattainable as the herione chic look yet she is called a hero for real women.
As a mother we should fight these standards so future children aren't made to feel bad for how they look.
#EffYourBeautyStandards
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To feel really sorry for teenagers today and the pressures and poor body image they face.
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HealthtAtEverySize · 02/08/2016 20:58
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