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Reply to "I just realized the importance of my beauty for my daughters"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the takeaway is if you are not beautiful you can't be a good parent?[/quote] No, if you're not beautiful you can't be a good MOTHER. Clearly. Seriously, this is such a sad way to think. My mom was not beautiful. She was, however, smart and warm and wise and gave me great advice on dating and life, and it never occurred to me that such advice required that she herself look like a model. She demonstrated being comfortable in your own skin, and valuing yourself based on yourself, not on your looks or any external role. And Betty Draper is the worst model of a good mother. She was unhappy, self-centered, and thought that a woman's only worth was her looks, which she should use to get a man to take care of her. She saw herself as having value only in relation to men. She was distant, critical, and cold to her daughter. She cared only about the appearance of things. [/quote]
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