South Carolina Dad Takes Daughter’s Bullying Victim On Shopping Trip
Every day, there is another story about bullying at school. One South Carolina father who discovered that his daughter was the aggressor took action to make a change.
Bullying can have serious and lasting effects on both the victim and the perpetrator. For the victim, bullying can lead to a range of negative consequences such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and even suicidal thoughts. Victims may also experience difficulties in school, social relationships, and long-term health issues. On the other hand, the bully may also suffer from negative outcomes including academic problems, substance abuse, and delinquent behavior.
According to Upworthy, Randy Smalls of South Carolina, discovered that his teenage daughter was making fun of a classmate over her clothes and makeup. Here’s one of the twists: Smalls’ wife and victim Ryan Reese‘s mother Richauna are friends and had no clue what was going on between the girls.
To teach a lesson to bother girls, Smalls opted to take some money that was earmarked for his daughter and use it to take Ryan on a shopping trip and get her makeup. Smalls’ daughter, who’s into all that stuff, came along and even helped pick out some clothes and accessories for Ryan.
Mom Richauna says her 7th grader had been struggling with some family deaths and seizures when all this was going on, but the day of shopping and beauty was a game changer. The girls are now friends.
No, You Don't Really Look Like Your Selfies - Here's Why
Lenses flatten us
Lenses flatten our image. Photographer Nadia Meli spoke with Cosmopolitan.com about this reality. “Our bodies and faces do not look the same in the mirror, on a professional DSLR, on the phone camera, the front lens the back lens – all of these don’t show us how we actually look either!” she said via the magazine. “Lenses always flatten us, it’s just 2D, not 3D and doesn’t give an accurate representation of what we see when someone is in front of us IRL!” Crazy, right? She added that the camera actually fails to capture what’s really in front of it.
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The lens distorts facial features
Upworthy.com explains why selfie cameras are the absolute worst. They state, “Cellphone selfie cameras usually have an even smaller focal length than the 40 mm shown here (Winters points out that the iPhone 13 Pro Max selfie camera has the equivalent of a 23 mm focal length), so they distort facial features even more.” They add that other factors are how far away you are from the camera, because the closer you are, the more distorted your photos will be. Another reason the camera doesn’t capture what we look like in real life, aside from the lenses, is the 2D factor. You’re not going to look the same on a 2D photo as you will in real life. Lighting is also a huge issue. Lighting can make or break a photo.
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They make your nose look big
Selfies can make your nose look much bigger than it really is. “For years, I’ve heard patients and family members say, ‘Oh, look at my nose, it looks so big,’ when they show me a selfie,” Dr. Paskhover tells Yahoo. “I was always telling my patients, that’s not how you really look.” Selfies simply distort your nose shaped, due to the lens and your distance from it.
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We're used to a mirror image
“The image you see in the mirror is reversed compared to the image that others see face-to-face with you,” Psychology Today explains. “Your friends are familiar with your non-reversed image, while you are familiar with your reversed image in a regular mirror.” That totally makes sense.
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The lens can make you look thinner or fatter
The Huffington Post points out that, “Different camera lenses can change the way people look in photos.” They add that, “the shorter the lens, the wider it’s going to make your face.” So, make note if you don’t want your face to look super wide.
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