Change Our Culture One Body, One Conversation at a Time

In the past week, body-enhancing procedures for young girls is making big news, such as injecting botox into 8-year old beauty pageant contestants and toning torsos with tennies for tweens.  

As a speaker and mentor to teens and twenty-somethings, I believe, as a nation, we have successfully demanded that our young generation of girls and women attain a certain look that is impossible to achieve without some form of starvation, obsessive physical activity, or engaging in plastic surgery or cosmetic procedure in order to enhance or reduce ones size or weight.  And even more alarming is the amount of bullying that is prevalent in our schools toward those who are not considered popular or “lovely.” 

This week’s new stories may sound outrageous, but they don’t seem to be going away.  Teachers and parents will be the first to tell you that they are quickly becoming trends.  

So rather than ignore or shy away from the reality of these and other “hot topics”--such as hyper-texting, getting “high” on legal substances and drugs, or sexual abuse and binge drinking on college campuses--why not make one little change in the way you view these topics and become educated and interested in them?  

Why not initiate a conversation with the students in your life to find out what they really think about these and other stories?  You’ll either be surprised at their resolve to push-back against culture or saddened by the lure of culture to diminish a young person’s uniqueness, individuality, or self-image.  The big result?  You might change someone’s mind about how they look at themselves by affirming and complimenting them.  You might even save a life.  I mean this sincerely...you never know when your comment or concern for a neighbor, relative, co-worker, or service helper can redirect their path on any given day or night.

Be encouraged,

Becky

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