Very interesting piece! I agree that photoshopping definitely has an impact on self esteem and I feel that we will really see the impact in the up coming generations. I personally do not buy magazines etc basically because I’m not interested in them but “touched up” photos and images are always around us - even encouraged by many popular photo apps. I think the impact these “enhancements” (if you could even call them that) really hit me when my 6 year old daughter was upset because she “didn’t have a stomach like insert celebrity name” - I couldn’t believe it, my daughter is slim and has no weight issues medically but she is already exposed to these, in many cases unrealistic, expectations. It saddened me that at 6 years old my daughter is already worrying about weight and appearance while at her age I think I was still making mud pies in baggy, dirty, over sized clothes!
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It's sad, really sad! If at the age of 6 this is her concern, I wonder what her concern will be when she becomes an adult. It's not in any way her fault, it's everywhere. Who are we to blame?
I hope through the influence of myself and her dad we will be able to teach and show her how to be happy with herself, understand her self worth and also to realise not everything you see and read is the truth.
Very nice initiative, I'm sure that will help