Adults love to compliment little girls by telling them they're pretty. This effort to give our daughters confidence may really be teaching them to value the wrong thing.

In this video, this girl is continually discouraged from investigating the world around her in order to "keep her dress clean" or avoid other damage to her appearance. The message she gets is looking good is more important than trying out and learning new things.

Albert Einstein said, "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." Girls don't need to save their imagination for princesses and unicorns, let them imagine rocket ships and deep sea diving. Then, let them get their hands dirty exploring the world around them.

Above all, girls need to know they are worth so much more than a cute smile and clean dress.

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