Welcome to the fourth episode of We’re Not Your Mothers with Barb and Beth! We are overjoyed to see so many of your questions flood our inbox each week and we are so happy to continue sharing our advice, opinions, and stories with you.

In this episode, we are sharing our take on a hot topic these days: the phenomenon of younger and younger people getting plastic surgery and other treatments to alter their appearance. As you might have gathered from previous episodes, Barb and Beth have a bit of a different view on this. While it’s understandable that we all want to improve ourselves, it’s also important to remember that we don’t always have to be perfect, that we should embrace our differences, and that we don’t all need to look alike. In light of this though, we will also discuss the pressure of looking a certain way, the difficulties of parenting in the age of social media and filters, and the harmful effects your words - spoken or typed - can have. Last but not least, we’ll touch on the way that all of this can affect self-esteem, self-love, and mental health.

We’re Not Your Mothers with Barb and Beth is a podcast featuring over 80 years of adulting experience. While we don’t have all the answers, we encourage you to email us at [email protected] with any questions or problems that you can’t take to your own mother, father, or peer group. We look forward to hearing from you and remember to always be kind, trust your gut, and check back for new episodes of our podcast every other Wednesday!