This is a very important matter and I am glad you brung it to life in this post! My daughter just turned 8 and I have noticed she cares a lot more about the way people perceive her. For instance she will not go outside if I haven’t combed her hair yet. Or she will wear a hat if her hair is messy before going in a store. But I have to admit I am that way. I have always struggled with being a people pleaser and making sure I am always presentable wherever I go and she is starting to catch on to how I am. My husband and I recently had a talk about this and I have been trying to teach her as long as she feels fine and think she is beautiful it doesn’t matter what others think. But in order to teach her that I need to display that for her and that’s what I have been working on.

I grew up watching my mother be this way and I took after her not realizing it. My mother wouldn’t even go out to get the mail without putting her lipstick on first. So when you grow up around a mother who deems appearance so important it can easily rub off on a child.

So from experience and from evaluating my own life, a daughter will mimic her mother. If you continue to teach her and show her her inner beauty and a healthy way to appreciate her outer beauty then you are on the right track. Leading by example is one of the best things we can do as mothers. I like the idea of teaching them how much power we hold within our bellies and also about the power of breast milk.