Look at yourself. Have you noticed our society? Our media? Look at how these little girls are comparing their young bodies to plastic play mates. Not even fully developed and worrying about life, and who will accept them.
"Mommy? Will I look like her?" she questions.
"Yes darling, just as beautiful."
But no. No little girl will ever grow up to be those 'beautiful' women that elegantly pose in the magazines, and float through the T.v screens and sing on the MP3s.
Little boys staring at the bottles of there their daddy's cologne shaped like a mans body. Hoping, and wishing that maybe one day they'll be just as strong. Just as built as that bottle. The media that we follow is so fake. We wake up and stare at our bodies and think of the pencil thin women, and the praise they receive. So many modifications, and makeup we don't realize is there. Makeup and modifications we will never have. Besides, who wants to risk the sake of their natural beauty for BOTOX or implants?
These 'Barbies' do. You're not a Barbie, you're not a model. You will never be. So what are you? You're beautiful. And boys, you are handsome. And let no one tell you differently.
The media's influence on our society, particularly girls, is something that I've also been thinking a lot about lately...since I have two little girls myself. It's awesome how aware and critical you are of the messages that today's kids are sent. I can only hope that I can raise my daughters to be just as critical. Thanks for sharing this. I think that many of your peers will benefit from reading it.
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