Teach Your Daughter To Appreciate Natural Beauty
It seems to have fallen out of fashion among young girls today to live naturally and appreciate natural beauty.
Unfortunately, young girls these days are constantly being overexposed to advertising. Social media is one of the main scapegoats for this. Many ads are for different types of beauty products.
Today, it is common to see young girls posting their own videos online with beauty tips. On the screen, you can see girls as young as 8 to 12 years old putting on makeup and even giving advice on how to hide flaws and imperfections on their bodies.
This trend causes many young girls to miss their childhood in so many ways.
Teaching your children to live naturally and with natural beauty is a challenge for many parents today. With it is so important to teach their daughters the value of their innate beauty, and also the importance of acceptance and self-love.
Live naturally
To teach your children to live naturally and begin to appreciate their natural beauty, you need to start at home. Do everything you can to strengthen your children’s self-confidence and self-esteem.
The love for oneself
To live naturally, you must learn to love yourself for who you really are. To do that, one must avoid comparisons and stereotypes.
Many girls try to imitate their idols. The problem is that in most cases these are far older than themselves.
We must therefore remind our children that they must live in each phase of their lives to the fullest and not rush through them.
In addition to this, we must teach them that not everyone is the same. According to current trends, many girls try to look like their idols because they believe that their own natural beauty is not attractive enough to other people. This is of course completely wrong.
Inner beauty
Everything that glitters is not gold. The true beauty of an individual lies in the personality. It is good to incorporate this mindset into your daughter. A strong personality can withstand social pressure.
However, many girls mistakenly believe that if they look older, it will make them more popular. In some cases, that may even be true. But they are often exposed to many dangers by looking older than they really are.
Teach your child that ability and inner beauty is what is important. This is what allows you to achieve your goals.
Building girls’ self-confidence helps them grow into competent women. Of course, living means that we embrace both our strengths and weaknesses, and that we know how to use both when we need them.
What is the correct age?
Some specialists suggest that the right age to start using makeup is when your daughter’s circle of friends begins to do so.
But given how preoccupied young people are these days, it is important for parents to decide what criteria to follow in their family.
When the daughter begins to show interest in putting on make-up and looking good, the mother should act as a role model. Saying one thing and doing the opposite only sends contradictory signals. When you are a good role model, it becomes easier to set boundaries and keep them.
Some parents allow their daughters to use makeup at home, but this can make it a habit and it can then become more difficult for them to truly appreciate natural beauty.
At best, these decisions should be accompanied by explanations and reasoning. Try to make your daughter understand that everything has its time, and that she will have to choose to put on make-up later. This is the best way to prevent your daughter from challenging your authority.
A common mistake is to ban it altogether. When a child is completely forbidden to do anything, the immediate reaction is to do exactly what she has been told not to do.
Recommendations for parents
Continue to communicate
Throughout childhood, and perhaps especially the time just before adolescence, it is important to maintain good communication with your children. It is important that you take note of their curiosity and interest.
As parents, you need to establish a relationship in which your daughters feel safe and dare to talk about their feelings and interests, and where parents can also express their opinion and set the rules.
If the family does not offer this type of environment, it is likely that they will start looking for it outside the home.
Make sure the rules and advice you give your daughter are for her own good. Also make sure that you do not send out conflicting signals and always adhere to the rules that you have decided are best for your family.
