Childhood Plastic Surgery to Combat Bullying: A In this Disturbing Trend, Doctors say - Fox News Latino
One of the darkest sides of the technology wonders is the promotion of perfect looks by the Media causing an increase of 30% in children and teens plastic surgery over the last decade.
The media is selling us lies by using editing to change natural looks, they sell perfect body images telling us every day how imperfect and ugly we are and how our lives will change if only we could be perfect.
Bombarded with programs that promote bullying the weak, different and not so beautiful try desperately to change who they are in the hope to stop the bullying and be accepted.
In the past was not so easy to be famous and unfortunately to be good, intelligent or different is not cool, girls aspire to look like edited and perfected-unachievable photo perfection, and boys are putting their lives at risk by performing Jackass stunts.
What to do? Unless the Media helps to change this trend, I am afraid our world would become empty and cruel.
Imagine a world were all of us look perfectly alike, where we can not laugh because it can cause wrinkles, insipid, lonely and boring. The alternative a world were we can laugh, be friends, do good and become wonderfully beautiful inside and out...

Lady Gaga a victim of teenage bullying | My Kids Health

During an interview with The Guardian, Lady Gaga tells how she was dumped in a rubbish bin on a street corner, by a group of boys from her class. Some girls from the same class were also there, and found the whole experience hilarious. Lady Gaga was mortified, and at the tender age of 14 was left feeling worthless.

During her school years, Gaga, aged 25 was picked on verbally and physically, mainly for being eccentric and theatrical in her behavior, although she was also constantly called fat. The very same behaviour has led, ironically to her being one of the most famous female pop stars on the stage today.

Gaga has expressed empathy with teenagers and children who are bullied at school, understanding how it makes you feel. She said:

Bullying really stays with you your whole life, and it really, really never goes away.

Her peers called her a slut, drew graffiti and vulgarities on her school locker, while the others were left in a pristine state, and got pinched in the school corridors.

The latest single by Lady Gaga has been adopted as an anthem for human rights, with some proceeds from ‘Born this Way’ going to Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.

Australian Psychological Society : Helping girls develop a positive self image
We are all unique and valuable but that message is not given to our children often enough.
The entertainment industry, sports and famous people do not seem to put much effort in the good.
Apparently, oblivious of their contribution to our present problems: such as street and home violence, substance abuse, present growing culture of zero empathy...
In a society that promotes and loves jackasses, to be good is uncool, and really difficult.
Not easy to be unpopular in any age, but much more when you are a young person, you need to be courageous and have support.
I wish I could see the day that the Entertainment and Media industries decide to help our youth, their families and create the world we deserve and can have.