All schools should educate our children on what exactly is body image. They should be made to look in a mirror and told that there is only one of them, and they should never compare themselves to a different body. Of course, it sounds funny and some students may be reluctant, but they will remember for they were looking at themselves. Seeing your own face in the mirror and accepting yourself, instead staring into a computer screen looking at other’s can be very powerful stuff. Even as adults we should all try this at least once. Each individual wants to be a part of something else, but mostly always forgets themselves. They are wrapped up in advertisements and images and stories.
The media is not going to change, it will only grow even more so. The media does educate, inform and entertain, but it leaves an impressionable mark on its audience also. Especially when censorship is at it’s all time low. It’s not the media that has to change; it is our perception of the media. We need to become more accepting of our differences. Not be so hard on ourselves because we don’t meet the status quo. That status can be, too fat, too thin, too bald, too smart, too whatever. We can help the ones that are already suffering with distorted thoughts of their own body image. All we need to do is open our eyes, and help those around us be the people they were meant to be. Themselves...
