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anyway who else feels bad for todays pre-teen girls?? they see all these instagram models who are over 20, and they look at that and think “i need to be like her otherwise im ugly or abnormal” like?? i can only imagine how insecure these little girls must feel. just looking at these middle schoolers with perfect instagram makeup and professionally done acrylic nails?? in middle school you’re supposed to grow, that’s when you figure out who you are, you’re right in between the stages of childhood and adulthood, you’re supposed to look like a rat lmao, and pre teen girls these days arent allowed to do that and it sucks 

Preteen girls are actually luckier now than the generations before them. They have access to the internet and all sorts of resources, not to mention parents who grew up in the time where a lot of this technology was just coming into the public.

My daughter will be eleven in a few weeks. And the number one thing I’ve tried to instill in her is self confidence. Strength to know she doesn’t need other people’s approval for anything. Does she still seek it? Of course! And I give her the validation she needs! But I think preteen girls—or at least my preteen girl—is more equipped to handle herself and her self doubt than I was at her age.

We just need to support them! Let them know our stories and show them that things don’t have to be the way we had things.

Oh and. Don’t let them on instagram. I mean. That’s an easy one.