What Are the Causes, Triggers, and Impact of Negative Body Image in Adolescents?

Most parents can remember what life was like in their early adolescent years. They had to deal with changing bodies, navigate school and sports activities, juggle their social events and so much more. During the teen years, it’s completely normal to think a lot about how one’s body looks and compare it to others. Forming

Adolescence is a pivotal time involving rapid and dramatic changes to a teen’s body and mind. Peer acceptance and being “popular” is perhaps most important to children between the ages of 12 and 16, but it lasts a lifetime. The pressures put on people of all ages and genders by the media and on social