I tell my son he is perfect as he is – so what does he see when he looks at my bleached-blonde hair and makeup?

“At her son’s primary school, children are taught to be proud of who they are. Sitting in a parents’ briefing with her bleached-blonde hair and light makeup, this mother began to question that message – and the gap between what parents teach their children about self-acceptance and what their actions reveal.

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