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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is pretty but I only tell her that when she wears something nice, dressy or when she beaming smiling or asks.  When she does ask, I  tell  her she looks good without makeup versus when she puts it on.  I wonder does it go to their heads?  Should I not do it often?  DD has little esteem so she’s always asking me if I think she’s pretty.  I go into the whole song and dance it’s what’s inside that counts. Yata, yatta.[/quote]

If she's always asking and has low self-esteem, then even telling her all the time that she's pretty will not help. It seems like there are deeper issues that need to be addressed.[/quote]

Ignore this poster.  If she's asking all the time, she's craving basic validation from her mom (and probably dad).  Tell your children they're beautiful.  If parents don't think their own kids are - or are so stingy with compliments they aren't willing to tell them - then the parents are the ones with deep issues.  Which they're definitely going to pass on to their kids.  [/quote]

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