Moms Talk: Your Little Girl or Your Little Beauty Queen?

To welcome our newest columnist, we wanted to introduce her work and get you talking at the same time

This week on North Canton Patch, our new parenting columnist wrote about why some aspects of beauty should matter and why some shouldn't. She tailored her writing around that's given to fashion-savvy Girl Scouts.

Donna wrote this week: Girls (who are distinctly feminine in their thinking and actions, from birth!) shouldn’t want to pursue a badge about things that make them look and feel good. They ought to be encouraged to understand fashion scientifically. Otherwise, we might be nurturing Barbie-Syndrome. Right? 

If you haven't seen the columns yet, take a look and get caught up before diving into today's Moms Talk.

Then answer any or all of these questions: How much should beauty matter to young girls? Do you have a child in the Girl Scouts, and do you disagree with Donna's view or agree with it? What do you do to teach your kids that beauty isn't everything? Or, what do you do to emphasize the importance of beauty with your kids?