Anyone who knows me knows that I’m way opposed to the barrage of sexy/eroticized/body hatred-inducing imagery that kids are freely exposed to simply by driving down the street past billboards, not to mention TV, magazines, movies, malls, sides of buses etc. Of course, there’s always some asshat that says “Just don’t look if you don’t like it.” If only it were that simple…
The fact is our girls in particular ARE faced with an onslaught of that garbage and girls age 10-14 are one of the fastest growing suicide statistic demographics.
Watch this video, aptly entitled “Onslaught” and if you didn’t get it before, maybe you will now:
If you think this video is worth sharing, PLEASE send your friends and readers here to see it. It’s a must for moms/parents of girls and maybe boys, too.
Also, visit Shaping Youth for more thoughtful discussion on how to combat the negative media messages that pervade kids’ psyches and essentially shape how they feel about themselves and others.
