Thisteenagelife – a project that aims to support young people in connecting with themselves, each other, and caring adults through meaningful conversations around personally relevant topics that are not traditionally explored in middle and high school classes. The project consists of a podcast, an Instagram page and its own website. It was founded by a group of teenagers, which you can join yourself, who create content for other teenagers, discuss topics, give advice and try to answer a teenager’s questions. For me, this project is a positive example of how social media (like Instagram) can be used for teenagers and give them a platform for all their struggles. There is plenty of content out there that can be very helpful for teenagers and it’s relieving to know that there are others out there who are feeling the same way as you, pondering the same questions and feeling insecure too. Instagram doesn’t always have to be bad and toxic (especially for this age group), it can also educate, help and actually connect. Through sites like these, you can also find the podcast, the website and similar projects. I think I would have wished for something like this in my teenage years and see it as motivation to keep working on my research topic in order to make the Instagram platform more teen-friendly and give more space to pages and topics like this.
https://www.instagram.com/this.teenage.life/?hl=de
