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[quote=Anonymous]As a small child, people were always coming up to me/my parents to say how striking I was— specifically uniquely intense eyes. I remember being a tot and saying “I know” when someone said I was pretty, and my mom saying welllll that’s not what you’re supposed to say. It felt awkward.

As an older kid, I grew into it and am just regular attractive, and it is a non-issue. (I do even in my 40s feel like I have some degree of pretty privilege, but so do a lot of people)

My daughter inherited the same features that I grew into, that are striking on a toddler/small child— very very pale green eyes that are huge plus she got her father’s olive complexion. People will come up to us at restaurants to comment on her being beautiful, and this started around 4 months. At whole foods the other day, someone followed us across the store to tell me she was gorgeous (they told me they saw her across the store and had to come say hello to such a pretty girl). It is awkward, but not truly annoying, and I usually just say thanks and say something about her overall being an awesome kid and I’m lucky to be her mom (bc of some drive to balance out the pretty comments? idk). My kid is not quite 2, so I haven’t thought much about what to say to her about this attn.

I think being pretty is mostly a net-positive, and that creeps are creeps and any kid is gonna have to be raised to trust their gut etc.

I think folks are more apt to be commenting on, and surprised by, a younger kid being super attractive. I don’t think adults will randomly come up to my daughter at 12, or at least, random age inappropriate ppl didn’t come up to me at that age.[/quote]

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