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The bodies in your feed are edited

Personal & Social Development · Emotional Literacy · ages 12-13
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  1. Why does a feed show more of the bodies you stopped to look at?

    • The app learns pauses and feeds more of the same
    • Your friends send them by hand
    • The phone camera zooms on its own

  2. Which three things are routinely changed in photos of bodies?

    • The date, the place, and the caption
    • The phone brand and the app name
    • Skin, waist shape, and lighting

  3. The bodies in your feed are a fair sample of bodies around you.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. A friend says one kind sentence to herself after a bad scroll. What skill is she practising?

    • Memorising captions word for word
    • Editing her own photos better
    • Treating herself the way she would treat a friend

  5. You notice comparison starting after a fitness clip. What is the best move?

    • Keep scrolling faster
    • Name it, phone down, do one real thing
    • Save every clip for later study

  6. Which feed change takes charge in a healthy way?

    • Follow more accounts that drain you
    • Unfollow draining accounts and cap late scrolling
    • Scroll longer to build toughness

  7. An account posts flawless bodies daily and sells a slimming tea. What is the soundest reading?

    • The tea made those bodies
    • Edits plus selection sell the tea, not proof it works
    • Every follower looks the same by now

  8. Two classmates feel bad after scrolling. Maya names it, puts the phone down, and shoots hoops. Jon replays the clips to find flaws in himself. Who handles it better?

    • Jon, because study beats feeling
    • Maya, because she exits the loop kindly
    • Both, because scrolling affects nobody
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Answer key

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  1. The app learns pauses and feeds more of the same · Pauses teach the app what holds you, so it serves more.
  2. Skin, waist shape, and lighting · Smoothing, pinching, shading, and picked light flatter every shot.
  3. False · Feeds select edited highlights, not everyday neighbours.
  4. Treating herself the way she would treat a friend · Self-compassion means answering yourself like a friend would.
  5. Name it, phone down, do one real thing · Naming it breaks the spell, and a real act resets the mood.
  6. Unfollow draining accounts and cap late scrolling · Curating inputs plus capping nights shrinks comparison hours.
  7. Edits plus selection sell the tea, not proof it works · Selected edited bodies market the product. They prove nothing about it.
  8. Maya, because she exits the loop kindly · Maya answers comparison with action and kindness. Jon feeds it.
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