Today's adolescent girls are bombarded with messages about their bodies just like previous generations. There is the familiar content, the diet advice, exercise plans, and makeup tips, all of which encourage young women to shape-shift into what they are told is a more palatable version of themselves. Then there is a whole other variety of messages, ones that might shock unsuspecting parents. They're affirming. Through them, girls and boys and gender-nonconforming kids learn that it's OK to love themselves as they are. Yes, that's even if they don't conform to the impossible beauty standards that long claimed the "best looking" title in popular culture. One's hair, body type, disability, acne, gender identity and more should not preclude you from feeling at home and alive in your body, they explain. Feeling good in one's skin should be possible for all. This movement is known as body positivity, and it has been brewing for decades, among mental health professionals and women of color. The rise of social media, particularly TikTok and Instagram, has allowed these radical messages to spread far and wide -- now reaching teens where they are on their phones. There is a lot to celebrate in the body positivity movement, which gives today's teens a new and better way to think about and talk about their bodies. There are also parts to avoid. Adolescents will need help sorting through which expressions of body positivity are a marketing or clickbait tool, which might make them overly focused on their body, which are thinly disguised products to "improve" themselves, and which will authentically lift them up. To get to that affirmation, though, social media users might have to cut through a fair amount of noise. Connie Sobczak, co-founder and executive director of The Body Positive, encourages teens and tweens to be wary of anyone who is trying to sell them any particular exercise or diet plan through the lens of body positivity.
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