Media and Teen Insecurity

When today's teens look in the mirror, they see lots of flaws in need of fixing. They wonder how they can look like the stars they've seen in magazines and on TV. Everyone has things about themselves they would like to change. Even the "beautiful people" spend a lot of time in front of the mirror wishing something of their appearance was different. It is not abnormal or wrong to look at yourself with some …

…to see that "you." Media images should not be seen as targets or goals, but as works of art. Like Michealangelo's David or Leonardo Da Vinci's the Mona Lisa, media images today are nothing more than artistic stylings of our age. Don't fool yourself by being caught up in living up to these images. You're young. Flowers on the verge of blooming are all pretty - they are so full of the promise of beauty.