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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesus, the reason everyone says you MUST say your kids are beautiful is because we are conflating beauty with worth. Everyone is worthy, but not everyone is beautiful. Unattractive  people know that they are. You aren't fooling them and you aren't helping them you are only further supporting the idea that for a woman being beautiful is the most important thing. [/quote]

This! Have you noticed how when someone posts a picture of their daughter saying "Larla at the band concert" everyone says "Oh she's so beautiful" and when they post a photo of their son "Larlo at his band concert" people say "How accomplished! He's so talented" with only a few "So handsome's" scattered about? [/quote]

No, I haven't noticed this at all.  I see people saying both things about both boys and girls - that they're both handsome or beautiful AND so accomplished and talented.  It is possible to be both.  And calling someone "beautiful" even if they're not is a kindness that is appreciated by any parent of an unattractive or average looking child.  Every child wants to be thought of as beautiful, even when they know deep down they're not.  Maybe especially then, in fact.  [/quote]

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