Struggle of the Teens

She’s too skinny. She’s too fat. She’s too short. She’s too tall. And the list goes on, and on, AND ON! There’s always an imperfection in everyone’s body image. Magazines have not been helping teenagers overcome those imperfections and embrace them, especially girls.
Teen magazines and television programs have been glamorizing skinny models that are far from what an average woman look like. Studies have shown that a model is actually 23% skinnier than an average weighing woman. Approximately 3,000 ads in magazines, billboards and television are seen daily by an typical American, whether they like it or not. It seems like all those ads are shoved into people’s faces forcing a certain image, style or even personality. Teenagers especially are influenced by these advertisements and are forced to think that if they did not look like a certain pop star or actress they weren’t pretty.
“Thinness= Beauty” media has been emphasizing that idea for so long that people have come to believe it. In my opinion, it has become a physiological problem for most teens suffering from the anxiety. Girls should start to think about themselves and how they can dress to impress through their body style because no two people have the same bodies. It’s just how it was intended and for a girl to go through so much pain- emotionally- is too hard on her, her family and others who care for her.
I believe that parents should start to speak with their children about this issue, even if they aren’t suffering from it…
A few useful points:
• A mother should always talk to her daughter about how the pictures of models in magazines are airbrushed and altered into lies because no one looks like that.
• Raise awareness about the health risks of being too thin and that its not right to impress people at the price of her health.
• Limit her from certain magazines and television shows.
• Start an awareness program in her school.