Comments on: Dems Want Airbrushing Banned.

By: Jess

Jess — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:12:13 +0000

I actually think this is a good idea. My parents constantly told me and my sisters how “beautiful” we were, and I always believed it. BUT, when I started looking at the girls in the magazines, etc. it always made me feel horrible about myself. It is good for the parents to build up a child’s self esteem, but it is very hard to avoid the media, and I don’t doubt that many other kids and teenage girls feel the way I felt when trying to compare themselves to something that isn’t even real.

By: BNieves

BNieves — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:06:44 +0000

Parents can call their daughters beautiful their entire lives but in some cases all it will take is that one boy they’ve “fallen for” to think they’re not attractive enough and all that comes crumbling down. It’s unfortunate but even girls with good parents who give them tons of love still feel inadequate when surrounded by loads of celebrities and models so beautiful it’s unreal…because they aren’t real. You can tell them that they are photoshopped images but how are they to know to what extent?

By: dbmua

dbmua — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:52:20 +0000

I believe that self esteem in young girls starts at home. When parents of young teen girls are instilling in them that they are beautiful just the way they are and bringing them up in an environment filled with love, compassion and respect for oneself, then these girls will have high self esteem and so when they see famous actress’ or models on magazines airbrushed and made up..it will not effect them.