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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I am average looking and I have a great life and have what I want and need in the world and I have average looking children, is it wrong to have a pep-talk that it is OK not to be beautiful? That DCs can have love, career, and joy without beauty? Along the lines of articles such as these:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-biberdorf/not-everyone-is-beautiful_b_5554940.html

https://www.xojane.com/issues/you-are-not-beautiful[/quote]

Is this a serious question?  In today's culture, encouraging one's daughter to be pretty is tantamount to psychological abuse. [/quote]

Which is why I will [b]always [/b]tell my daughter she is pretty (and smart, etc).  Screw "today's culture."[/quote]

Do you tell her she is a math genius even when she's getting a C?[/quote]

DP here.  You can’t possibly be equating the two.  If a child isn’t good at math, you still reassure him or her that they’re smart (maybe you don’t, but I certainly do), while at the same time helping them with math and/or getting a tutor.  If a child isn’t pretty, you don’t tell them that unless you’re truly a cruel person.  You tell them they’re beautiful and help them look as good as they can.  That this has to even be explained to you is incredibly sad.  [/quote]

So you are basically the person who sends your kid who can't sing into an American Idol audition believing they have the voice of an angel. Who is the cruel one now?[/quote]

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