Well done to Tivoli Guides, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, on completing the Free Being Me programme. Here two Guides, Rachel and Sally, share their experiences doing the programme.
Free Being Me is a programme for young kids
whose self-esteem is low. It teaches
people that they are beautiful no matter who says otherwise.
A lady called Emer came in and taught all
the Guides all about how to be happy with who you are and not someone
else. She taught us that
everyone is perfect in their own special way.
everyone is perfect in their own special way.
We also learned about the image myth: the
image myth is something you see everywhere, in movies, in social media,
magazines and a lot more, it is what people think is the ideal figure. Lots of
people in this world are jealous of famous people or someone who is ‘perfect’,
but really what they are jealous of is fake. Almost all ads and magazines are
air brushed, which means that it is photo-shopped to make people seem perfect.
Emer showed us a time-lapse video of a
woman going through the air-brushing process and she looked completely
different at the end. I was so shocked to find out how many people are fooled
by the image myth and how much pressure social media are putting on people to
be perfect.
Emer was very inspiring and kind! I hope
that more and more people are aware of this.
Free Being Me is a great programme and I learnt a lot over the past few
weeks.
I loved doing Free Being Me because it made me feel more confident about my
looks. Free Being Me was a great
experience I would like everyone to have:
Be(lieve) in
You(rself)
I will now, thanks to the programme, be
happy forever.
I also loved it when Emer Foley came
because she made Free Being Me the
funniest thing ever.
Sally (age 11)
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