Instagram, Not So Picture Perfect
I wouldn’t call my social media profile a “lie,” but it definitely shows a selective version of reality.
I wouldn’t call my social media profile a “lie,” but it definitely shows a selective version of reality.
There’s so much pressure in high school to please boys.
“I recently dropped a course for the first time: calculus. But I felt pressured to stay — partly because I was one of the few Latinas in class.”
In the modern world, helicopter parents have become more and more ubiquitous because of the increased pressures from society and schools to be as perfect as possible. Are the growing pressures from helicopters parents benefiting the next generation or creating a youth that struggles for independence from those trying to help?
Moving away from home and going to college can be stressful for anyone, but Asian American students often face culturally related factors–model minority expectations and family pressures, among them–that can affect their mental well-being.