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Half of Canadian tween and teen girls spend more time on social media each day than they do hanging out with their friends in person. And most of that time is spent watching videos on Youtube and TikTok.
While not all social media is bad?it can be a great way for kids to stay connected to family and friends, learn new things (hello TikTok dances) and showcase their creativity?it also exposes them to content that’s been edited and carefully curated creating beauty standards that are impossible to live up to. 
Consider this: According to Dove Self-Esteem Project?s most recent survey, girls take an average of 14 selfies before posting one on social media. One in four says they don?t think they look good enough without photo editing, one in two girls say idealized beauty content on social media causes them low self-esteem, and seven in ten girls have felt better after unfollowing idealized beauty content on social media.. That?s why The Dove Self-Esteem Project, the largest provider of body confidence education globally, launched the #DetoxYourFeed campaign, empowering teens to define their own beauty standards and to unfollow content that?s making them feel bad about themselves.  As a parent, you may feel powerless compared to the influence of social media. But 70 per cent of girls say they actually want their parents to talk to them about how to deal with the unrealistic beauty content they?re being exposed to online. Here are some tips for how to talk t...