Thursday, June 28, 2012

Missouri Education Watchdog: Is the Best Practice Educating Students on Body Image and Confidence from the UK or US Educational System?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Is the Best Practice Educating Students on Body Image and Confidence from the UK or US Educational System?:


Is the Best Practice Educating Students on Body Image and Confidence from the UK or US Educational System?



The UK government is providing parents with packs with information to help their children's body image about themselves.  From BBC News:

A pack to help parents educate children on how the media alters images and to inspire them to be confident in their bodies has had government backing.

Developed for six to 11-year-olds by not-for-profit organisation Media Smart, the pack contains before and after touched-up images of celebrities such as Britney Spears.

It also looks at how ideas of the "perfect" body have changed.

The government said it wanted the pack to "empower parents".

"Young people are being set an impossible standard by images in media