Online pictures are often picked and edited. Be kind to yourself, and talk to someone.
What Imani scrolled through was a highlight reel: the best bits, picked out of many.
There are five ways a picture gets polished: choosing the best of many tries, a crop, a filter, tidying first, and posting only the good days.
So a feed shows more sunny days than there really are. A holiday can be real and still not be the whole story.
Comparing yourself is something lots of people do. If you feel flat, that is allowed, and you can tell someone.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
9. 10 − 1 = 9.
Still there, just outside the picture. A crop only cuts what you can see.
Any two: ten tries, a crop, a filter, tidying first, only the good days. Odette's picture had four of them.
A grown-up. They can help, and you are never in trouble for telling.
Put the tablet down and do something real. Imani went to the park with her sketchbook.
Ask a grown-up what they do when other people's pictures make them feel flat. Then take one real photo together, no filter.
Ask your child what they do when other people's pictures make them feel flat, then take one real photo together with no filter. If it happens a lot, talk about it.
