Category
Challenges: Dangers and opportunities
Subcategory
Role Models and Stereotypes
Type
Discussion-Storytelling-Reflection
English
Suitable for
Family
Age Group
Young Teens (8-12 years old), Teenagers (13-18 years old)
Use of headphones
No
Duration
more than 30 minutes
Level of difficulty
Basic

Find examples of self images on digital media and discuss with your kids

  • Sit with your kid when they play a game and discuss the heroes' actions
  • Watch a movie together and discuss how the characters look and what they do
  • Correlate what you see online with real life examples
  • Watch advertisements; observe how women and men are depicted. Discuss what you both think and feel when you come across such content. Find examples in popular commercials
  • Speak about the human body and how we need to care for it
  • Discuss the role of health, beauty and fitness; understand what your child considers as healthy, fit and beautiful and how s/he feels about his/her own beautiful body
  • Discuss social influencers, celebrities and their impact; try to understand if your child is influenced by the images they see on media; 
  • Make your kids trust you and speak to you about what they like or dislike on what they see
  • Discuss about negative or positive influence of the body images we see online
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