Are you a selfie taker?
I’m probably the last person to grab my phone and make sure I got that perfect selfie in front of whatever or whoever because it has never been a thing for me to look back at photos of myself and stare at them.
To each their own…right?

I’m not a selfie-hater, in fact, I have recently seen an entirely different side to selfies where I encourage my son to take what I like to call “healthy selfies”.
If you google that, you’ll get a plethora of fitness selfies (LAME)
I have a different idea and I feel compelled to share It with you guys so I’ve picked my favorite reasons and put together the Top 5 Reasons for taking time out of your day to take a selfie with your kids.
TOP 5 REASONS TO TAKE SELFIES WITH YOUR KIDS
It teaches them to laugh at themselves
It allows them to see how the world see’s them
It gives them a chance to explore their imagination + creativity
It provides special 1-on-1 time with you
5. It lets them laugh with you (not at you)
MY VIEW ON SELFIES
I will say, if you’re looking dead straight into the camera with a duck-face…I just can’t.
Skip, unfollow, next, however I can escape “that”.
Now, feeling yourself and wan’t to save it for later? Go for it.
Again…to each their own…
But the reality of social media is that you post something for the sake of someone else’s eyeballs, as much as you don’t want to admit it.
Whether its updating your feed so your family know’s your kids are still alive, sharing photos of your recent vacay in Hawaii or stuffing your feed with selfies to try and attract your next love interest just know that your feed is the hall-of-fame you put on blast for the world to see.
THE SELFIE GENERATION a.k.a. The Self-Centered Generation
I was born in 1988 so I’m a true-millennial. I grew up with every single thing kids these days take for granted and I also was part of the expirament of giving minors a public platform to stay in touch.

And I say “experiment” because no one had a clue what the internet and giving a minor a camera would come to be.
Thus….introducing the selfie.
If you aren’t familiar with the history of technology and communication I encourage you to take a few minutes to watch this video I stumbled on. (Bare with me on the quality- but the content is good I primise)
MY FIRST SELFIE
I remember the first selfie I ever took and looking back I not only had no idea what I was doing, but I will never forget what it did to me in my youth.
I’ve never recovered a copy of my first selfie because I also grew up in the era of malicious software hacks and yeah…I switched to Apple and never went back.
But to give you an idea, I was maybe 12 or 13, probably had my hair in pigtails and I actually had made sure I cleaned my room that day, set my camera on top of my desk with the 10-second timer and then ran as fast and careful as I could back onto my twin size day-bed filled with my favorite stuffed animals where I partially hid behind a zebra because I was insecure about my belly and glasses.
That photo was my first profile pic on MySpace…need I say more…
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELFIES
These days, if you google “selfie psychology” you will get a plethora of articles telling you how selfies will destroy your self esteem and change your perspective of your self-worth.
In-fact, a well known online publisher, Bussle, shared a study they found in Buffalo that “examined the relationship between self-worth and social media use, finding that people who base their self-worth on others’ opinions are more likely to post self-portraits.” This study touched on the view that selfies in general go hand-in-hand with narccicm and that’s something you’ll have to decide for yourself.
There are many destructive things in the world that can destroy your self worth and make you feel less than…but I’m probably not the only person to question and think, “how the hell can taking a photo of yourself and then looking at it destroy your life?”
Well guys…unless you are “that” superficial, it can’t do shit to your life.
And if you disagree, then I’m probably talking about you.
I call bullshit on the whole thing.
Now, there are a lot of destructive things in the world that can destroy your self worth and make you feel less than…but I’m probably not the only person to question and think, “how the hell can taking a photo of yourself and then looking at it destroy your life?”
Well guys…unless you are “that” superficial, it can’t do shit to your life.
And if you disagree, then you probably need to see a psychiatrist to understand the point-of-view the rest of us are referring to.
THE REALITY OF SELFIES
The world is bigger than your duck-face selfies and in the bigger picture of life, that image will mean absolutely nothing when your grandkids look back at your photo-albums and see nothing but “outfit of the day” photos with no real substance behind your intent to share that moment on a deeper level.
“wow- granny really loved the duck face.” (you know that’s not how you want to be remembered)