Dear 16-year-old Me

[ash48]

My daughter showed me this. It's changed her mind about baking in the sun. I thought I'd share it in case you know any teenagers who think it's more important to have a tan than to protect their skin. It's sad in places, but really brings the message home.

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Awwww... thanks so much. That's so lovely of you to say. <33

I was very moved by this but more impressed that my 14 year old actually said to me "you need to watch this and I want to get my moles checked now".

Feel free to share. Not need to credit me. Just passing on something that might help others. I know how hard it is to get teenagers to listen to anything. ;)

Happy Holidays! <333

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Yeah. She has a couple of large-ish ones on her back she wants checked.

I'm so glad others have seen it now. I like the way it doesn't preach, with I think gets through to teens.

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