Don't tie value to beauty
#11Help your child understand the privilege of being conventionally beautiful in society, but don't attach their sense of value to it.
Teach them that they are inherently valuable regardless of beauty, while helping them understand how beauty privilege operates in society.
Supporting Values
This principle helps cultivate these core values in your family:
Practical Examples
- • Teach children that their worth comes from who they are, not how they look
- • Help them understand societal beauty standards without internalizing them
- • Focus on character, kindness, and inner qualities
Related Activities
These family activities help put this principle into practice: