http://www.radicalparenting.com/2008/10/09/techno-perfection-teens-need-to-be-perma-hot/ Parenting From The Kids Perspective Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.radicalparenting.com/2008/10/09/techno-perfection-teens-need-to-be-perma-hot/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Vanessa Van Petten Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:01:47 +0000 http://www.onteenstoday.com/?p=1573#comment-1750 thank you for this! I think the media is a huge influence. thank you for this! I think the media is a huge influence.

]]> http://www.radicalparenting.com/2008/10/09/techno-perfection-teens-need-to-be-perma-hot/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 Kim Tennant Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:44:01 +0000 http://www.onteenstoday.com/?p=1573#comment-1735 Thank you for such a great article. With all the techno and medical advances, many kids feel they will never measure up. The desire to be rich, blond and willowy is pervasive. I am so glad you are addressing this issue. Could you also touch on eating disorders, the next step young people take to make themselves "perfect"? That's why I have written children's books about self-image to help young people. The media is a powerful influence. Thank you for such a great article. With all the techno and medical advances, many kids feel they will never measure up. The desire to be rich, blond and willowy is pervasive. I am so glad you are addressing this issue. Could you also touch on eating disorders, the next step young people take to make themselves “perfect”? That’s why I have written children’s books about self-image to help young people. The media is a powerful influence.

]]> http://www.radicalparenting.com/2008/10/09/techno-perfection-teens-need-to-be-perma-hot/comment-page-1/#comment-1182 Thomas Bailey Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:39:19 +0000 http://www.onteenstoday.com/?p=1573#comment-1182 When I was a tween and teen, I wasn't really concerned about my appearance. Even today at age 41, I am still not very concerned. As for the "toned thighs" kids want, I got that from twenty years of biking, sometimes for great distances, the first 5-10 years using high gears, and leg pressing heavy (500 lb+) weights. One time, when I went to the gym, I leg pressed 800 lb, which was all that will fit on the machine. Someone called me "muscle man", even though he looked more like a muscle man than I do. I have been called "tubbalard", "stud", and "studmuffin". When I was a tween and teen, I wasn’t really concerned about my appearance. Even today at age 41, I am still not very concerned. As for the “toned thighs” kids want, I got that from twenty years of biking, sometimes for great distances, the first 5-10 years using high gears, and leg pressing heavy (500 lb+) weights. One time, when I went to the gym, I leg pressed 800 lb, which was all that will fit on the machine. Someone called me “muscle man”, even though he looked more like a muscle man than I do. I have been called “tubbalard”, “stud”, and “studmuffin”.

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