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Neglect Causes Ugly Kids
Well, that’s not exactly the headline. Ugly children get less attention.
Key points
• Study finds parents discriminate between children based on ‘attractiveness’
• Canadian study showed parents more likely to neglect ‘unattractive’ children
• Attractiveness described in terms of facial symmetry, cleanliness and attire
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The study by scientists from the University of Alberta in Canada watched parents shopping in supermarkets with children. It found that unattractive children were allowed to wander further and more often from parents than their more attractive siblings, and also revealed that unattractive children were less likely to be strapped into the trolley.
So the definition of unattractiveness includes dirty and sloppy, and parents who have dirty, sloppy kids tend take care of them less well. Hmmm… how about parents who don’t take good care of their kids don’t focus on cleanliness or attire?
Cause? Or effect?
I’m not sure we really needed a study for this.
http://myopiczeal.blogsome.com/2005/05/02/neglect-causes-ugly-kids/trackback/
