Beauty, or Inner Beauty, can also be thought of as confidence in one’s self. I’ve seen this evidenced in more than one friend. I always thought she was pretty, but she battled self image/worth issues all her life. On the days she was feeling good about herself- “uh,,,,WOW,,Va Va Va Voom you’re HOT!” type of thoughts came to my mind and she looked downright hawt. If a person doesn’t think of themselves as beautiful, how is anyone else supposed to. OR If a person feels they are *Ugly*, does it really matter what another thinks about them or their looks?

I do agree that it is so sad that so many little girls have let the mass media determine what the acceptable level of beauty is instead of each individual person believing in themselves, their own worth, and their intrinsic beauty & value.

And finally, Mom/Jennifer, (hoping this doesn’t come across as creepy)I’ve only seen one picture of your daughter, but I think she is beautiful, and can only continue to get more so as she has birthdays. I had the wonderful chance to babysit a friend’s kids. The oldest, a girl, was 11yoa when I moved away. I could already tell she was going to be gorgeous when she got older. I was able to go back for her HS graduation, and WOW!!! She had become even more beautiful. And she has gotten even more so in the 8 years since.

Jenny, I commend you for saying that to daughter every day. I know my parents quite often told me they loved me and that I was handsome. While I thought it was a total crock at the time (& still have a hard time believing it at times), the fact that they said it so often caused me to hold in to that in some of my more darker moments. That to say, that while she may not place much stock in your saying she is beautiful at this time, it will go extremely far in the future to help carry her through the tough times that will come.