Courage

Try not to compare your children,

even if you think you are skillful at it.

You may say most positively that

"Susan is pretty

and Sandra is bright," but all

that Susan will remember is that

she isn't bright and

Sandra that she isn't pretty.

Praise each child individually for

what that child is, and help him

or her escape our culture's

obsession with comparing,

competing, and never feeling

we are "enough."

- Jeffery R. Holland