All of us really want to feel important. We want to be noticed. We want people to care about us and think about us when we are not around. Teens especially have a desire to be unique. You are at an age of development when you are finding their identity. During this time, some teens girls will turn to crazy hairstyles, clothing, and piercings. They draw attention by standing out. Other girls attract attention by wearing revealing clothes. Others act obnoxiously to get attention.
There is a great book out there called Packaging Girlhood by Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown. They make the point that although girls want to be unique and express their individuality, they have limited choices of how they can choose to do that. The media and retailers only give girls a few different options of how they can express themselves. I highly recommend the book to those who would love to recognize how marketers are shaping the way teen girls express themselves.
The point that I want to make in this post is that each of you are already unique. There really is not a need to ’stand out’ or to fall into media driven stereotypes. Each person has unique gifts, talents, and abilities. Each person has had unique experiences that have shaped their lives. Everyone has incredible unique value to offer the world. Search within yourself to find inner parts of yourself that make you, you. There is only one you. Share that version of yourself with the world and you will attract people into your life that value and appreciate you.
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