Annie, a 14-year-old schoolgirl from the south west of England:
If you don't take selfies, you're a social outcast. You have to do it to fit in. Those who don't aren't as popular at school.
I take selfies about ten times a day and post about two on Facebook – any more and people get annoyed and won't 'like' your photo. And it's all about getting likes – the more you have, the more popular it means you are.
I spend about two-and-a-half hours a day taking selfies and if I get less than 75-80 likes, I delete it. That's embarrassing and it makes you worry not as many people like you as you thought.
But lots of likes can put you in a better mood all day. I like to get over 100 likes - often you go around school saying to people 'Like my photo, like my photo', to get more.
My record is 195 – it's my aim to get over 200.
Everyone has a 'selfie face' - the face they pull for photos. I always smile, whereas other girls pout or do peace signs. Your selfie face changes like fashion.
My selfie habit drives my mum mad as I often use her camera to take them because it's better than mine, and then she says she has to spend a long time deleting all the pictures I've taken.
We talk about them a lot at school, maybe for half an hour a day with different groups of people.
Often when I'm bored, I'll put all my make up on to take a selfie, than take it off again once I've got one I'm happy with.
I'm pretty happy generally, and love sport: surfing and playing handball, especially. Or I like spending nights in watching Netflix with my family.
My brother, who's 13, loves selfies but for him it's all about the hair - he has to have the right kind of gel.
'Could YOUR daughter be damaging her self esteem by taking selfies? The sad answer is yes...'
sounds quite crazy for me (but of course I'm old, yes, RiS
) - and my young ones don't even have F-book.But, seriously, about ten times a day and two-and-a-half hours...
