What is it like having a more attractive child than you ever were?
When my daughter was a baby, I would take her to the grocery store and men would alert the women they were with to my baby and how beautiful she was. Men. Like, I’ve never seen a man do this before or since. I’m sure they notice babies, but not to the point of needing to show their wives or girlfriends because they think the baby is so beautiful. Every time I was in the grocery store… no lie. It was just weird.When we went to mardi gras, people were constantly throwing her things from floats. Strangers, pointing her out, saying this is for her and tossing it to me so she could have a special string of beads or a stuffed toy. Out of crowds of people, they noticed her. When I was kid, people were knocking me over and didn’t care that I didn’t get home with any beads or doubloons.On an airplane, the stewardess took her from me and walked around with her while explaining to people why we were not able to exit the plane. She wasn’t crying or giving me any trouble. People just noticed her and wanted to play with her.When she hit puberty, I started noticing that men had stopped looking at me, but would slow down as we were walking down the street to stare at her. I had a hairstylist not even bother to hide his disappointment that I was his client instead of my daughter. And I often get asked about that beautiful child of mine.I was not an ugly person by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, people who knew me growing up say she looks just like I did… my mini-me, doppleganger, twin. I was just never as confident as her. And while she is as socially awkward as I am, she just seems to know how to make it work for her. She shines. It took me a while and her senior portraits to see myself in her, but it’s there. No doubt at all. It’s just what she does with it that makes it special. And for me, there is pride in that because I was always pushed down and made to feel less and I didn’t do that to her and that’s how she can shine so brightly.Edited to add pictures of my beautiful daughter:My daughter and I… she was 2 1/2. Closest thing to a baby picture I have that is already scanned.
Do attractive people always have attractive children?
No. There are recessive genes (which you can't see if you have a dominate one for that trait) that can meet and be passed down to your child. There's a bunch of different traits both of you have from your ancestors (even though you may not be able to tell). And it shouldn't matter if your children are "attractive". Sorry, but the statement itself sounds really ignorant to me.
How do parents feel when one child is less attractive than the other?
I have 4 kids - none of whom are mine by birth. The oldest is currently 13, the youngest is 4. I’m not sure who the best looking kid is, but there are certainly days when one is better than the others.The 13-year old is starting to get into that acne-ridden phase, so that detracts a bit; he also isn’t really into personal cleanliness, so unless we prompt him to, he isn’t going to shower and wash his hair. So, acne-ridden, greaseball teenager? Ew. (Worse than that, he has that 13-year old personality wherein he’s a total jerk sometimes, too, so that’s not doing him any favors.) But, he’s smart and a very talented violinist, so he can be incredibly engaging, too.Then, there’s the 7-year old. He has white-blond hair, tall (for his age) and skinny - has a goofy smile (his big teeth have finally come in); and he’s just a sweet kid. He hates doing chores, but he won’t backtalk, he has cute little freckles on his nose, and from time to time, he’ll wake us up at 4am on a Saturday wondering if it is morning yet, so he can play video games.Truth be told, it’s easier to love the 7-year old cutie than the 13-year old jerk. But, maybe that’s just based on their personalities. I’d think that some parents might tell you that they can’t even see a difference in their kids level of attractiveness. I can pick out something that I like and dislike about each one of our kids, and none of it has to do with whether one is more attractive than the other.
Is the youngest child is usually the most attractive? :(?
Yes I am
Do men find women with children less attractive? Does it make them damaged goods?
Honestly sometimes they do. They look upon kids as jsut extra responsibility they're just not ready to take on. but if a nice guy comes around He'll love your kids and wont back away from the responsibily that may come with the relationship
Why do parents always say their kids are attractive?
Because children are children and you can't hurt their feelings. Even if my kids were ugly as sin I would tell them they are beautiful, cause if they are ugy then i must be ugly. Poor kids get put down and made fun of enough in school by rotten kids. Luckily my kids are gorgeous. I think I am going to have to tell them they are ugly to keep their egos in check lol I have always had a high self esteem and i am not drop dead gorgeous, i think i am decent...but i always say i am hot as hell and my brothers would always tease me and tell me i was ugly.......now that we are grown and i asked them why they were so mean to me and they told me cause i was pretty but that my ego was too high so they would have to make me doubt to bring it down a notch lol Funny huh?