How much do magazines influence teens today?

Children are growing up too fast these days for everyone’s comfort. They seem to learn faster and as long as it is limited to this, all parents seem to delight in the idea that their child is a fast learner. But this also implies that they will start behaving like teenagers much earlier. Teenagers seem to grow up and go from playing dolls to putting on makeup almost overnight. Sometimes it comes as a big surprise to the parent who hasn’t been looking hard enough.

The media and exposure to a vast area of ​​information have fermented this change that is occurring today in our adolescents. Teen magazines have a particularly high impact on the mindset of teenagers and they seem to be in love with the information that is provided about the latest pop stars and models. Teen magazines have changed over time to satisfy the growing curiosity of children. Previously, these magazines talked about a celebrity’s favorite color or favorite appeal, but now they publish relationship facts, makeup tips, and hair tips to entice teens to try them out for themselves.

They no longer give the ethically correct message of waiting for the right person to come to take the plunge, but instead discuss ways and means of attracting the ‘hottest’ guy in town and how to catch and hold him. All this talk puts a lot of pressure on teenage girls to have a ‘boy’ who is ‘in’ with the times and to flaunt him. This creates a lot of problems with more and more teenagers trying to imitate pop stars and celebrities. They crave the lean and haggard look and diet and a large proportion become anorexic. They worry about a bad hair day and want to skip school if they even have a small patch of a pimple on their face.

Clothing and accessory stores are actually complicit in the cause by providing state-of-the-art clothing, ranging in size from small to extra small. The choice of accessories is so wide between an attractive and eye-catching range that it is impossible to decide what to buy.

Teen boys, however, have not been as influenced by teen magazines and are quite happy with their participation in sports, bikes, and mixing consoles. They are interested and attracted to girls at a younger age these days, but they are not too attacked by the corporate world with accessories, clothes and makeup.

Even when parents protest the influence that the ten magazines have on teenagers and the irresponsible way in which corporate companies are behaving, these protests are refuted by companies on the pretext that these magazines are intended for those over sixteen. years. In fact, these companies want to take full advantage of this trend and try to lure teens into increasing consumerism and model for higher profits and more money.