Tag Archive for Self image
Sexualized Body Image Has Negative...
Middle-school girls who value sex appeal differ from their peers in troubling ways
Flashback: Instagram For Dummie Parents
Numerical values: For the first time ever your children can determine their “worth” using actual numbers provided by their peers!
Victoria’s Secret ‘Perfect...
I’ve tried to teach my daughter size doesn’t matter. She’s perfect EXACTLY the way God made her
Showing Skin Equals Success In Hollywood...
Is getting sexy the only way to assert your womanhood?
Flashback: Top Needs Of Teenage Girls
Here is our list of the top needs of teen girls
4 Surprising Things Likes Mean To Teens
Likes take on an entirely different meaning for teens in at least 4 surprising ways…
Teen Perceptions Of Sexual Activity More...
Researchers wanted to know how teens’ perceptions of their peers’ sexual behaviors and attitudes influenced their own decisions about having sex
Half (54%) Of US Teens Think Life Would...
Majority of self-conscious teens want to improve their chances of fitting in and boosting their confidence by changing their appearance
Short Shorts Belly Shirts…...
If self-worth is based on what is hot, how can we help them develop a healthier self-image?
Secret Life Of Teens: Internet Addiction...
6 hours a day “It’s really like a therapeutic release. All that social anxiety I felt in school just went away because…..
Sometimes Empathy Is A Can Of Paint
We often think empathy is complicated. It is not. All it takes is caring about what people we care about, care about
Entering Adulthood In A Recession Linked...
“If that’s the case, the Great Recession may produce a cohort of less self-focused young adults,”
Sinéad O’Connor Thinks Today&...
Their audience are children and those children are being raised to believe their value is in how pretty they are and how…
What Did Literally Millions Of Teen...
Our culture has literally grown numb to the growing sexualization of our girls
Today’s Lesson: Girls Rule, Boys Drool
When we sanction messages like “Girls Rule. Boys Drool.” we affirm a false message about what it means to be made in…
The Internet and Body Image Concerns in...
It was concluded that the Internet represents a potent sociocultural force among preteenage girls
Book Review: Guy’s Guide To God, Girls...
“Don’t text and drive until you’ve learned how to juggle straight razors nude.”
9-Year-Old Boy Is Stabbed To Death On...
911…”Hi, I just stabbed someone, please pick me up and come kill me, I want to end my life.” …nobody loves me
‘Stop The Beauty Madness’...
Rice hopes the campaign will provide a corrective lens for how women perceive certain images
Someone Tried To Shame Her Body With...
For all youth across America…Words can hurt but how you handle the words makes all the difference
16-Year-Old Girl Says Her Rape Went...
In a way, it’s as though Jada’s been assaulted twice, both inside the house and online
Reclaiming Teen Girls
Building Identity, Significance and Purpose into Students
Teens Are Turning To Tanning Beds...
The truth is, teens overwhelmingly equate tans with attractiveness.”I feel more confident with a tan,”
Belonging: Cool at 13, Adrift at 23
“pseudomature” behavior was an even stronger predictor of problems with alcohol and drugs than levels of drug use in early adolescence
Belonging: 13 in Years, but 10 or 15 in...
Pseudo-mature behaviors in early adolescence predicts “significant difficulties in social functioning” up to 10 years later
Belonging: Is Adult Life “Nothing But...
Belonging to the cool crowd is associated with higher rates of drinking, drug use, sexual activity
26, Unmarried, And Childless
Instead of asking me what’s next, ask me what’s now. Ask me what God is teaching me, ask me..
How to Plan a Spa Party for Tweens and...
Beauty is just as much about the spiritual condition as it is about our physical bodies
When Selfie-Improvement Apps Go Too Far
53% of teen girls feel that photos of themselves posted by others can make them feel bad
Happiness Drops for Girls During Preteen...
The biggest drop in happiness is at age 11. Girls continue to get more unhappy until about 16
Teens, Fitting Rooms and Social Media
Social media is an identity fitting room for teens. It allows them to fabricate themselves and test out different persona’s as they…
New Backlash Over Liz’s Bikinis...
The designs put pressure on parents by attracting young girls to the notion of growing up too fast
Bullying Happens To Popular Teens
Popular kid’s chance of being bullied increases by more than 25 percent
Shy, Teased, Isolated…Teen Killer?
“They just said things. They’d ride him and ride him, and today was the day that he snapped.”
The New Birds and Bees
They apply no morality to any of this, beyond the gross immorality of judgement and the intrinsic good of tolerance and autonomy
Media Photoshop Fails and The Image of...
Leneita Fix: Real people are created in the image of our Risen Savior- not on a computer screen
Selfie Addict Took TWO HUNDRED A Day &...
I finally realised I was never going to take a picture that made the craving go away and that was when I…
The Anti-Selfie Movement Now Has A...
“Join the anti-revolution and stop taking pictures of yourself.”
Selfies Plastic Surgery
58% of doctors surveyed said they’d seen an increase number of patients under 30 requesting plastic surgery
Duke Porn Star Belle Knox “I am still...
She has first year at Duke paid for
Millennials & Fame: Infographic...
When they were younger, fame carried more weight, and as they have aged it has become less appealing
Target Missed The Mark With Photoshop...
Swimsuit models with chunks of their thighs, buttocks and arms missing appeared on Target’s website
Girl Scouts Urged To End Partnership...
Product placement at its worst the Barbie patch would transform these girls into walking advertisements
N.C. Police Investigate Instagram Photos...
“I was mad. I was angry. The mama bear comes out and you want to get to the bottom of it,” the…
Flashback: This dad just destroyed...
How do you protect and guide your daughters through culture?
Flashback: Trafficking the Girl Next...
A 13-year-old Miami girl became one of the countless children to fall prey to a sex trafficking scheme
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What happen when the traditional teenage quest for identity and connection occurs online?
photo shopping real woman
Watch these women’s surprising reactions to seeing themselves photoshopped like supermodels
barbie si swimsuit unapologetic campaign...
Feminists have long taken an issue with Barbie – and the Sports Illustrated swimsuit
What “Selfies” Truly Are to...
A way to control how we are seen and by whom
WHY AERIE STOPPED RETOUCHING THE MODELS...
Embracing a more realistic image of girls..will now be an integral part of the brand’s strategy
5 Minutes Of What The Media Actually...
100% of the images you see of models and celebrities are altered
Early Puberty Linked to Higher Substance...
Our study suggests that being the first girl in the class to need a bra, for example,prompts..
Disney Star Bella Candie’s ads...
“Candie’s isn’t selling clothes, it’s selling sex and teaching young girls to act seductively,”
Fourteen-year-old powerlifter draws...
Schellenschlager weighs only about 119 pounds, but can deadlift 300
Plus-size, double-chinned Barbie...
“Making a morbidly obese Barbie is BAD!!”
Book: 99 THOUGHTS FOR JUNIOR HIGHERS
Brooklyn Lindsey & Mark Oestreicher
What’s the role of conscience in...
It’s hard to generalize about teenage impulsivity, because some adolescents clearly have more self-control than many adults
Four Practices That Build a Girl’s...
How can a young girl possibly measure up?
‘Hoes’ In The Classroom
Educator slammed after telling students they dress like ‘hoes’
UK: Women Having More Types Of Sex Than...
cultural shift: so many women (aged 16–44) to admit to same-sex activity
Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD
French child psychiatrists, view ADHD as a medical condition that has psycho-social and situational causes
Nothing Good Can Ever Come From Weighing...
Weighing your child does is teach him or her that scales measure success, self-worth and parental and personal pride
‘Plastic Bodies’
The essence of natural beauty in popular American culture is replaced by fantasy
Teens as young as 11 years old are...
Young teens, girls age 11-14 sending sexually explicit photos on the rise
Snapchat now shares 400 million snaps...
Snapchat Sees More Daily Photos Than Facebook
Teens Have Less Impulse Control When...
…this might make them more likely to commit crimes
Kids change Celebrity party girls
With kids your life will never be the same
82% Of Children Repeat Sexualized lyrics...
Parents said pop acts were teaching girls they would be “judged on their looks, not their achievements or personality”
FAT KIDS BEWARE!!!!!
Woman to hand out ‘obese letters’ to overweight children on Halloween
Plus size model Robyn Lawley hits back...
‘You sit behind a computer screen objectifying my body, judging it and insulting it, without even knowing it.’
Happy Slutty Halloween
Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a total slut…..
Teenage Girls Are Letting Social Media...
“Ugly or Pretty” videos on YouTube
Messing Up Sex (In So Many Ways)
Teens’ Problems With Provocative Behaviors
Youth-Obsessed Justin Bieber Admirer...
It took going to eight different surgeons before anyone operate on me as everyone thought I was crazy
To Your Daughter, Speak The Truth
He routinely and faithfully pronounced me beautiful regardless of all objective external measures
Our Teen Girls and the Obsession With...
This is a perfect recipe for the development of an eating disorder and accompanying depression
Teens who start dating earlier may have...
Late-starting daters, while also out of step with peers, appeared to have no apparent social or emotional difficulties
Katy Perry reveals she had suicidal...
“lying on the floor of a bathroom, fighting suicidal thoughts.”
‘Yo, I’m Driving. I’ll Text You...
97 percent of teenagers know that texting while driving is dangerous, 43 percent of them do it anyway
Three Things You Don’t Know About Your...
I am more aware now more than ever before in my ministry how little parents know about what’s happening
‘Some girls pulled out their teeth...
Elizarova says more needs to be done to protect vulnerable teenage girls in the fashion industry
Selfies The Sexual Rat Race
Social media, sexualisation and the selfie generation
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