Comments on: Teen Self-Esteem Issues

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By: Bridget

Bridget — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:48:43 +0000

I agree with you that the statistic of 50% of teen girls injuring themselves is high. But I think that feelings play a much bigger role in our lives than you give them credit for. As a person whose mom is much more attractive than me, it’s easy for me to get down when the guys say they would rather date her. Low self-esteem is a big deal and shouldn’t be swept under the rug.

By: Pixie Dust

Pixie Dust — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:59:13 +0000

I pretty much agree - although I am not one of them, I know a big number of students with low self esteem. However, only a tiny fraction of them would (or does) take it as far as hurting themselves…
Your article really made me think though, I will surely talk about this on my blog sometime soon.

Also to answer your comment on my blog: I am in grade 10 now. And the only classes where we can move up (or down :)) are Languages and Maths. So don’t worry, its the same here :)))
We can obviously choose from grade 11 onwards, when the real IB Diploma programme begins. If your interested I can give you a list of the subjects available in our school :)) But then again, I go to a private international school, so it may be different :))
And the reason we have German is, that we live in a german-speaking country :)) Other than that, we only have French and Spanish. For the IB, we can also get a private teacher though…

Aaah, I am still so glad I found your blog!

By: Chloe

Chloe — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:26:32 +0000

Hi Jenna,

I bet lots of teens have low self esteem problems. But the part that I doubt is that 50% injure themselves because of it. That statistic seems really high.

Thanks for the comment,
Chloe

By: Jenna

Jenna — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:49:25 +0000

I have to disagree with you about lots of kids not having low self-esteem. I always did, as an adolescent and a teen. I didn’t show it, but I did. Check with that quiet girl sitting by herself in math class. She’ll watch the other kids make jokes and play around, but she knows she’s watching from the outside.