Some wise sayings from Liz.

Personally, celebrities who look after themselves. I.e Davey Havok of AFI, who does not drink, nor smoke and is relatively healthy as he is vegan. This provides a good role modle for his fans as we don't pick up the bad traits he may have because they're far less obvious then his good traits (which are many, and even if he HAS bad traits). [On celebrities that are positive influences for todays youth]

There could be many changes in the media, firstly. It's no surprise we (as teenagers) See a lot of celebrities on tv. But have you noticed, these are mostly only when they're doing something WRONG. Which the media then of course latches onto and spills everywhere (i.e how much infomation did we actually need to know about paris hilton). Other things they could change may be; the "size" of models in popular teenage magazines. Tiny stick people really. Instead of showing us mostly NEGATIVE images, they could of course. Show us positive images, or shows about celebrities (etc.) doing "good" things. [On how to change the media for a more positive influence]


There's no real way of answering this question, there are things we may suggest that could give positive role models. The answer is really in the question, we need Positive role models. The pressure on teenagers is huge, you must "look" and "act" a certain way. Why? Because everyone else does. Thank you society. As a whole, we cant force everyone to like the same role models. But we can of course support teenagers, and what they may or may not be going through. That alone would probably make a lot of difference [On positive influences for todays youth]