Digital Smarts - Seeking Approval Online – Subverting the Selfie

Common Sense Media recently posted an article about how posting pictures of themselves online is both building up and breaking down our kids’ self-image. It is well known that kids feel they can’t compete with the highly edited images of celebrities online and in the media, but as this post points out, the effects of social media are just beginning to be understood. The article also includes a list of popular apps and the specifics on how kids are sometimes using them in destructive ways. In addition, a new survey called Children, Teens, Media, and Body Image reconfirms that many teens, both male and female, fret about how they're perceived. The survey also includes an infographic with tips for parents on combating body image issues.