Encouraging body positivity in teens
The trending social media offers perfect filters to hide your flaws over the internet but somehow no such filter exists for the real life. But, there are ways to break the noise and protect your teen’s self image. Teens now a days are spending major time on their screens. An average 13- 18 year old teen spends about seven hours on screen per day and 41% of those accept that they are spending too much time on social media. Spending too much time on-screen comes with many negative effects. Experts say that scrolling down through pictures, selfies and instagram stories is somehow connected to body image. According to a recent study, teens who post more pictures on social media have high awareness of their appearance and it is related to taking their body negatively. When kids do not match to their ideals on social media, they tend to have inferiority complex which has a negative impact on their self esteem. This affects their school performace, high risk weight loss strategies, eating dis...
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