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[quote=Anonymous]I think it depends on how beautiful the child is... That may sound ridiculous, but I would refrain from telling a girl who is a 9 or 10 for looks she is beautiful. She knows it. All too often, it's all OTHER people focus on. The truly outstandingly beautiful child needs to have her parents praise her other positive attributes--you're kind, you're such a wonderful big sister to your siblings (if that's true), you've got a great sense of humour, etc. I had a friend whose daughter at 20 was stunningly beautiful. She was stopped from taking a box cutter to slice her face. She wanted not to be beautiful anymore. She was so tired of people noticing her for her physical appearance and nothing else. She said "Why can't anyone, even my grandmother, say anything nice about me except I'm beautiful? Why can't a guy be interested in me because he likes my personality?" I know it sounds silly but being extremely beautiful can be a bit of a curse. On the ot[/quote]
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