Can you spot the real Britney Spears? Kids to be given lessons on air-brushing in radical plan [Independent.ie]
- Published: 30 September 2011
CHILDREN aged 10 and 11 will be warned that almost all photos shown in adverts have been manipulated and that many show "a degree of perfection which is unattainable in society".
They will be told that reading magazines lowers their self-esteem, putting their physical and mental health at risk, and asked to consider if “you need to be beautiful in order to be a good or loveable person”.
The radical move, backed by the British government for all pupils in schools there, comes after a Government-commissioned review called for action to keep sexualised material away from children, which could see explicit music videos given 18-rated labels and the covers of lads’ mags hidden in newsagents.
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