{"id":2221644,"date":"2025-08-05T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tinybeans.com\/?p=2221644"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:33:13","slug":"help-kids-navigate-ai-highlight-reels-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tinybeans.com\/help-kids-navigate-ai-highlight-reels-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things Every Parent Should Do in a World of AI & Highlight Reels"},"content":{"rendered":"

By age 13, 80% of girls distort the way they look<\/a> online.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been four years since Dove released this stat, but it feels just as chilling.<\/p>\n

Posing, filters, edits, AI apps\u2026 these days, it couldn\u2019t be easier to completely change the way you look in posts. Smoother skin, narrower noses, fuller lips, smaller waists, bigger hips, slimmer arms\u2014and along come our daughters and sons, who have never known the world any other way and whose developing brains are internalizing all these unrealistic standards.<\/p>\n

What a time to be a parent, hey? As a content creator with experience working in mental health and as a youth leader, I\u2019ve seen how much social media can distort people\u2019s perceptions and harm their mental well-being. And I see you, all of you parents, trying to navigate this scary new world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Shell Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The good news is, I think I can help. As I sit here in a coffee shop with my baby asleep in the pushchair next to me (that’s a stroller for the North American folks), I want to stress that as a caregiver in 2025, you have more influence in your children\u2019s lives than it sometimes feels.<\/p>\n

So here are a few things I\u2019d suggest that can guide your family\u2019s relationship with tech and model healthy behavior.<\/p>\n

1. Never use filters on your own photos (especially ones with your kids in them).<\/h2>\n

You know those \u201cinnocent\u201d filters that turn you into a cute animal? Most of the time, even they smooth your skin and change your features. So we might unintentionally be sending the message to our littles that even their primary caregivers are altering their appearances to conform to beauty standards<\/a>. If we stop using filters and editing, they can look up to parents who accept themselves for who they are. How powerful!<\/p>\n

2. Point it out when you see a photo that’s probably been manipulated.<\/h2>\n

\u201cEveryone else has perfect, unblemished skin.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m the only one who doesn\u2019t look like that.\u201d
\n\u201cI need to buy all these products influencers are promoting, and then I\u2019ll look like they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Shell Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How will they know if we don\u2019t tell them? To our eyes, it\u2019s perhaps more obvious when a photo is edited or AI because we haven\u2019t grown up in this filtered world. Let\u2019s help train their awareness of what they\u2019re consuming, so they can be kinder to their real self in the mirror.<\/p>\n

3. Talk about what people choose to post on social\u2014and what’s probably left out.<\/h2>\n

Did you know that large retail brands have had to change their return policies because people are placing massive orders, showing haul videos online, wearing the clothes for pictures, and then returning them?<\/p>\n

From seemingly lavish lifestyles to bodies posed and contorted to look thinner (or whatever the latest \u2018beauty trend\u2019 is), so much of what we see is far from reality. People take 100 photos to choose just one to upload\u2026<\/p>\n

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When we see a glimpse into people\u2019s lives online, it\u2019s easy to forget that we don\u2019t see 99.9% of what\u2019s actually<\/em> going on for them. For our own well-being, as well as our children\u2019s, we need to continuously remind our brains that what we\u2019re scrolling through doesn\u2019t reflect real life. Seeing \u2018perfection\u2019 at every turn needs to be called out, otherwise we can forget, a discontentment with our own lives can fester, and our mental health can be seriously impacted.<\/p>\n

4. Keep the conversation open: social media, AI, cyberbullying, and mental health.<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe, but there are now \u2018AI influencers\u2019\u2014accounts of people showing their amazing lives and being paid for brand deals, but they\u2019re not even real. It’s becoming harder to tell what\u2019s human and what\u2019s not. What a minefield.<\/p>\n

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Talk about this with your children. Keep tabs on cyberbullying<\/a> at their school. Stay on top of Snapchat, where evidence of conversations disappears (also a feature newly available on WhatsApp). Regularly check in to see if they\u2019re feeling addicted to their device.<\/p>\n

Open conversations around a screen-free dinner table can make such a difference, even if it doesn\u2019t seem like it at the time.<\/p>\n

5. You get to choose what you post online of your kids\u2014and where<\/em>.<\/h2>\n

Something I find myself reflecting on frequently when I scroll is the impact of childhoods being shared on social media. What will that feel like for them when they\u2019re grown up?<\/em><\/p>\n

As a response to the trend of \u2018sharenting<\/a>\u2019 (parents publicly sharing kids online), I think we\u2019re now starting to see a movement of parents putting their kids\u2019 privacy first and protecting their digital footprints<\/a>. This means less potential for identity theft<\/a>, future bullying, career implications, embarrassment, or photos just generally getting into the wrong hands.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been using Tinybeans for months now (try it here!<\/a>), which gives me total peace of mind that the only people seeing my daughter\u2019s photos are the ones I choose. I still want to collect the story of her childhood in a beautiful way, but not at the expense of her privacy. When she\u2019s older, she can then choose who sees her photos.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s to our children growing up knowing that they are loved just as they are, even in this rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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