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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 503372" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It is great to hear your opinions on this. I don't disagree with the overall feeling that pretty is overrated. I DO think praising good hygeine and taking care of yourself is excellent but NOT the only worthwhile goal.</p><p></p><p>Hound, the snacks thing seemed to be a mom trying to steer the girl from one sugary unhealthy brand name snack to a less expensive sugary unhealthy not brand name snack. Or at least that was the action being taken. It made NO sense to me. I guess if you were trying to teach your daughter to model or something where looks were huge then you might use it to steer them to fruits and veggies, but to do it to get the kid to pick a cheaper box of sugary whatevers? I don't get.</p><p></p><p>Jess was an incredibly beautiful baby. We had people giving us business cards for modelling agencies and pageants and all sorts of stuff. Those are not bad things, but they also are not something we were interested in. Because Jess never seemed interested also, we mostly thanked them and went on. When she was about 18mos old I noticed that the ONLY thing that non-famly members said to her was about how pretty she was. It really bothered me. So I started calling her my "strong smart girl" because those are things we value more than pretty. I think it has been a good thing.</p><p></p><p>Janet, JC Penneys came out with an entire LINE of clothing with sayings like the ones you haven't seen. They are designed for juniors. I find them as horrible as I have many of their past attempts at "cool", like the homeskool shirt they came out with and were crucified over - it had more than that word but all I remember is that and that it was horribly misspelled. I have a HUGE problem with ANYONE telling a girl that they are too pretty to learn or do homework or algebra or almost anything else. It is a MAJOR reason that I won't go into Penney. Ever. At least not in my town. I have used the bathroom at one in the mall because it was the closest one and I couldn't walk to the other one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 503372, member: 1233"] It is great to hear your opinions on this. I don't disagree with the overall feeling that pretty is overrated. I DO think praising good hygeine and taking care of yourself is excellent but NOT the only worthwhile goal. Hound, the snacks thing seemed to be a mom trying to steer the girl from one sugary unhealthy brand name snack to a less expensive sugary unhealthy not brand name snack. Or at least that was the action being taken. It made NO sense to me. I guess if you were trying to teach your daughter to model or something where looks were huge then you might use it to steer them to fruits and veggies, but to do it to get the kid to pick a cheaper box of sugary whatevers? I don't get. Jess was an incredibly beautiful baby. We had people giving us business cards for modelling agencies and pageants and all sorts of stuff. Those are not bad things, but they also are not something we were interested in. Because Jess never seemed interested also, we mostly thanked them and went on. When she was about 18mos old I noticed that the ONLY thing that non-famly members said to her was about how pretty she was. It really bothered me. So I started calling her my "strong smart girl" because those are things we value more than pretty. I think it has been a good thing. Janet, JC Penneys came out with an entire LINE of clothing with sayings like the ones you haven't seen. They are designed for juniors. I find them as horrible as I have many of their past attempts at "cool", like the homeskool shirt they came out with and were crucified over - it had more than that word but all I remember is that and that it was horribly misspelled. I have a HUGE problem with ANYONE telling a girl that they are too pretty to learn or do homework or algebra or almost anything else. It is a MAJOR reason that I won't go into Penney. Ever. At least not in my town. I have used the bathroom at one in the mall because it was the closest one and I couldn't walk to the other one. [/QUOTE]
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