Dad tells fellow parent in street to NOT call daughter "gorgeous" – do YOU agree?
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PARENTING: A mum was told off for calling her daughter "gorgeous"
The parent shared the bizarre story and asked for advice over the situation online.
She questioned whether she was in the wrong and if he was being reasonable.
Posting on Mumsnet, a popular parenting website, she spoke of how it happened as she was waiting outside a cafe for some food.
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OUTRAGEOUS: The dad told the fellow parent to not use that language on her
“I found this really sad, but maybe I’m in the wrong?”
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The mum said: “I found this really sad, but maybe I’m in the wrong?
“It was a glorious sunny day in a tourist village so there were loads of people milling about. My 9 month baby girl was in her pram.
“A man walked over carrying a toddler. He said his dd [darling daughter] wanted to look at the baby. A little bit of small talk followed in which I introduced my baby to the toddler.
“I asked how old his dd was (22 months) and said to her, “hello lovely, aren’t you gorgeous!
“The man looked me sternly in the eyes and said: ‘Oh no, don’t tell her that, language like that ruins them.”
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Parentfail.com The Mumsnet user asked whether she was being “unreasonable” to find his behaviour sad.
She added: “I work with children, I have lots of friends with children. I often use language like this. This is the first time I’ve come across this kind of attitude and I must admit I thought he was joking and laughed in his face.”
But the situation sparked a mixed response online, with some parents agreeing that others shouldn’t attach so much importance to being pretty.
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One person said: “My mum never ever said I was pretty or beautiful or clever or anything…
“[I’m] deeply insecure about my looks in particular even though I get complimented by others.”
Another added: “I totally agree that it shouldn’t be the only thing we praise girls for, but it’s equally harmful never to tell them that they are pretty.”
A third person shared: “I would say that being told I was pretty as a little kid (which I was) did cause me problems, because (a) it made me feel like being pretty was something important and that I"d somehow achieved something.”
But others thought the dad’s reaction was a little bit over the top, with one person saying: “Stupid man. Some people want something to complain about.”
Another person said: “Ridiculous. He needs to join the real world if this is the biggest issue in his life.”
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