On (04 May 05) Cindy Haglund wrote to all...
 CH> Personal experience has me agree with this study but the skeptic asks:
 CH> Since when are looks the only criteria determining how parents treat
 CH> their kids? Personality plays a big role too.

Personality is developed in large part by how the child is interacted
with -- and looks plays a part in this -- I can ofttimes deduce what a
person looks like strictly from their personality as displayed in this
text-only environment!

 CH> Study: Cuter kids better cared for
 CH> dangerous activities like standing up in the shopping cart. They also
 CH> rated each child's physical attractiveness on a 10-point scale.

Right, so what the study really shows is how the study conductors rate
children's attractiveness, and how those THEY rate as high are treated.

 CH> Homely children were also more often out of the sight of their
 CH> parents, and they were more often allowed to wander more than 10 feet
 CH> away.

Some of these so-called homely children might have been ranked higher
for cuteness BY THEIR PARENTS than some of the beautiful kids by THEIR
parents!

Because I care,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))

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