Hormonal overdrive, complicated friendships and peer pressure might not be the only woes that teens and tweens have to tackle. There are skincare demons to be seized too.
I recently read a column by an author in an english daily on reclaiming our teens. Shelja Sen, co-founder of Children First, a child and adolescent mental heath institute, pointed out how with every generation, teenagers are spending less and less quality time with their parents. Screen time, social media, too many extracurricular activities could be the reason, but we, the parents, need to ‘woo’ them back to us. The column made me think that parents are also responsible for what their children, especially the tweens (aged 10 to 12 years) and teens learn about their physical appearance.
While I am all for individuality and letting children be comfortable in their skins, I wonder where to draw a line. I came across videos by Jack, an Instagram ‘sensation’, who has 452.2k followers, thanks to his impeccable contouring and smokey eyes techniques. What shocked me was the fact that he is just 10 years old. This generation might be impressed by him, I wondered if he sees himself in a different light once the makeup is washed off. What is going to happen to his skin in a few years time?
Even as we tried getting in touch with Jack and his mother (still trying though), I spoke to a few experts about how the skin of a tween and teen works, how it’s different from that of a baby or an adult and what should parents look for while buying products for them. Is there a way in between using baby products and introducing adult products?
This story is from the April 2019 edition of L'Officiel India.
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