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My name is Katrinia, I am 31 years old and I have a 12 year old daughter, named Hecate. I love writing and my goal has always been to be a music journalist.

I like the idea with this class to have our own website and that it's all about Youth Issues, as this is always something that comes up, and is so important since everyone grows up and goes through the same experiences in general.

We are lucky with our class to not only have some older people such as myself, but also younger people, so we can have a wider scope of ideas, opinions and a better understanding or how we can make our project work better. We can share our own experiences to personalise our project so that it makes more of an impact, by saying "we understand what you are going through".

Self Image > Self Esteem

Self image is a major part of growing up. We've all been through it, and some of us have children that we are experiencing the struggle with this through them. A person's self image, how they see themselves and how
others see them, especially with young people today, is so important, and reflects on a person's self esteem, how we feel about ourselves and how we feel about other people.

In general, not alot has changed in any space of time regarding this issue. There are still the same problems, still the same influences, whether positive or negative. What we need to do is promote good ways to deal with these things so that the youth of today are less inclined towards self-destructive behaviour to fit in and like being the person they are.

Every one of us wants to be liked by others, we want to feel good about ourselves, this kind of thinking doesn't change with age. We can, however, point our children towards the right attitudes without being condescending or making them feel they have to think or feel a certain way, that will only make them dig their heels in and go the opposite direction.

As a parent, I have always stressed to my daughter to be proud of who she is as a person, and be proud of all the things she can do. It's hard to objective sometimes because parents are always biased about their own offspring. But I always say that I was her age once and I went through alot of the same things she has. I have always told myself that we are all individuals and usually for a good reason and I tell her the same thing.

Alot of the lessons we learn about ourselves and how we want to be seen, we learn while we are in school, which is, in my opinion, one of the toughest places to grow. We learn alot of subject matter, but the most important thing in school is to do what the "cool people" do while trying to be who we are at the same time, and what others think of us is a big deal.

Our own personal self image plays a huge role in who we become and what direction we take socially and in general. If we can come up with a less patronizing way to educate young people on how they can feel good about themselves and be happy with who they are, maybe we can make a small dent in the misery we all go through at some stage of growing up.