How does celebrity culture influence your child? What is the media's impact on their self-image? Use our articles and activities to give your child the skills they need to resist appearance ideals.
In today’s ceaselessly body-conscious media, stories about women and girls often present a narrow view of beauty. Unless we widen that definition to include attributes beyond looks, our children will miss out on a diverse range of inspiring, intelligent role models.
Our articles and activities will help you and your child replace the influence of celebrity culture and celebrities in advertisements with more empowering messages, protecting their body confidence as they grow.
Start reading and sharing with your child today – you have nothing to lose but the appearance ideals.
talking topics
female stereotypes
role models
celebrity culture
fashion
body image
looks and appearance
emotions and behaviour
parent
11 to 16 years
Why is it that ‘the latest look’ is often nothing like people actually are in the real world? What look did you hanker after growing up? Trends may move on, but young people’s aspiration – and anxiety – is timeless.
talking topics
female stereotypes
airbrushing
role models
body image
looks and appearance
psychology
parent
8 to 16 years
Spotting retouched pictures of women can be empowering for your child. Use our activities to make them aware of the use of Photoshop in the media, and help them to appreciate different ideas of beauty.
positive talk
talking topics
female stereotypes
celebrity culture
fashion
body image
looks and appearance
parent
8 to 14 years
Worried that all your daughter ever sees in magazines and on screen are unrealistic images of ‘perfect’ women? Our fun activity plan will let you both give the stereotypes a makeover.
peer pressure
talking topics
role models
celebrity culture
fashion
body image
looks and appearance
parent
8 to 16 years
female stereotypes
role models
celebrity culture
looks and appearance
parent
11 to 16 years
Reality TV – the name suggests unscripted, unedited and unplanned. However, as one anonymous industry insider tells us, the truth is more complicated than that.
female stereotypes
role models
celebrity culture
looks and appearance
emotions and behaviour
parent
11 to 16 years
Reality TV shows have a huge influence on young people's lives. It’s easy to think there’s nothing we can do about it, but as parents we can actually do an enormous amount to counter the influence of our kids' media consumption.
female stereotypes
role models
celebrity culture
looks and appearance
parent
11 to 16 years
Worried about the affect reality TV is having on your child? You aren’t being overprotective – there's increasing evidence that these programmes can have a big impact on young people.
positive talk
talking topics
female stereotypes
airbrushing
celebrity culture
body image
looks and appearance
psychology
parent
11 to 16 years
Young people today are surrounded by a celebrity culture that's hard to compete with and could have a negative impact on their self-image. Celebrity influence is everywhere, from style magazines to Twitter, Snapchat, the world of 'reality' TV and airbrushed images. How is your child coping?
positive talk
talking topics
female stereotypes
role models
celebrity culture
body image
looks and appearance
self-esteem
psychology
behaviour change
parent
11 to 16 years
No matter what your family background or cultural identity is, it's important to celebrate diversity and respect differences. Our action checklist will help you and your child do just that.