For many young teens out in the world, The way they view themselves and the way others view them are all laid out by the beauty standards that harm kids' minds. These standards induce terrible thoughts into their minds about how they should dress and look to others and themselves.

Unfortunately, this can have very adverse effects on how young teens act toward others which can lead to depression as well as other mental health issues. as a teen myself, I often face health difficulties when trying not to compare myself with others' pictures, images, and videos online which can make me stressed or feel down. This is only my experience and other teens out in the world can be feeling a lot worse.

This is why local programs that help to enable confidence in other young teens such as myself to raise awareness to inform people about teen struggles with body images at such a young age can help teens out there who need it. in an article, it states "One study reports that at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are “unhappy with their bodies.” This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen." (get the facts national organization) Another piece of evidence that shows how people are affected by body image is that 37.7% of women in their 60s are unhappy with their bodies and are affected by the media. If there were more programs in every school district about beauty standers it would make a difference for every teen.

If teens are overwhelmed it would affect the community because every teen will instead of being focused on their future and education their stuck on body image and if they are good enough to be called "beautiful". This is why I believe there should be more programs encouraging young students to thrive and feel accepted instead of feeling unwanted by what we as a community created this myth that we should be perfect as a human.