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Public changing rooms can be intimidating for teens.
Teens who have had surgical intervention of any kind might have even more insecurities about their bodies.
This 17 Y.O.breast cancersurvivor wasnt ashamed of her body and used to change in front of her peers.
To validate her feelings, shesought opinionsonline.
Researchersclaimthat one teen in a million is a patient of breast cancer.
When it comes to all forms of cancer, around 5,000-6,000 adolescentsare diagnosedwith cancer every year in America.
Going through cancer, even without any surgical intervention, can significantly alter a teenagers body image.
One studyfoundthat patients body image experiences largely depended on how others perceived them.
And sometimes, peoples perceptions can be on the bullying side.
The most common forms of bullying were teasing and social exclusion.
Mayer recommends parents help their teenagers understand that this is not the case.
It is not the job of the child whos being bullied.
That can mean intervening.
It can mean mentoring.
It can mean talking about whatbullyingis.
It can mean setting up what we call positive social architectures, Exner-Cortens added.
So, knowing the social dynamics and structuring groups accordingly.
But that kind of leadership does come from adults.
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