Why can't you tell a parent his or her child is ugly? This always confused me. As a parent, my child is the most beautiful thing in the world to me. I'll be damned is someone calls my child ugly. Thankfully, everyone has been gracious enough to comment positively on my child's looks. But what if your child really isn't? What if your child should have the nickname, "Oh Shit!"? What if yours is the child that God shook from the ugly tree until she fell off and onto your lap? Yes, that child is yours and you'll do and say everything to praise the child and make him or her feel special and wanted, but damn it if at the back of your mind you're thinking my child is one fucking ugly kid.
It's every soon-to-be (STB) parent's hope that their child is born healthy and happy, but nothing is ever said about having an attractive baby. SURE...it's implied. But never said. People ask these STB parents all the time, "Do you want a boy or a girl?" And they happily answer, "I don't care, so long as it's healthy." Nobody really answers, "I don't care, so long as it doesn't have the face of a chameleon."
Maybe it's the I'm-Not-Materialistic-Even-Though-I-Really-Am attitude of us people. We say we don't care so long as the baby's healthy and for the most part we're right. But, I believe, that part of being healthy is being healthy-LOOKING. Meaning, not cross-eyed or flat-faced or what-not.
I don't know...sometimes I think we should just be completely honest with some parents and tell them, "Dayam, you've got a butt-ugly kid." Maybe we don't say it to spare the feelings of the child. But, are we really sparing the child or delaying the obvious? I say tell them. Let them get used to the idea. At least there won't be any surprises later in life.
Besides, there's always Extreme Makeover...right?
Ain't it funny?
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