Moms, Daughters, and Appearance Pressure
Our kids are always learning from us. Our words and our example shape who they will become, a reality established by God as he has created individuals and families. This means that for better or for worse, our kids are…
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Dangerous Adolescent Dieting
If you were an alien landing on earth with a mission to find out what’s most valued in North American culture, you would have to write the terms body image and appearance near the top of the list in your…
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Pushing Back on Body Image Pressures
For the last few years I’ve told parents that one strategy for helping their kids fight the body image pressures they feel from marketing is to do a Google search for celebrities without makeup. The classic with and without photos…
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Social Media and Body Image
If you’ve got any suspicions that social media is increasing the body image pressures our kids feel, your suspicions are correct. An internal study conducted by Meta, the parent company of Instagram, found that the algorithms were pointing users who…
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