How To Teach Your Daughter To Love Her Dark Skin | Real Parenting | Smart Parenting
In our society that associates skin color with social status or favors one skin color as superior over the other, raising confident daughters can be a tough challenge.
In this video, Mommy Robee Lynne Sagun shares how her childhood experience of getting bullied for her skin color is something she makes sure her daughter, Gabo, will not have to suffer.
"Her classmates were asking, bakit daw [ganoon] 'yung kulay niya. Bakit daw po black?" shares mommy Robee Lynne.
Watch how this mom helped her daughter appreciate her skin color, and rise above the judgments and insensitive remarks thrown by friends and family.
Read the story here: https://bit.ly/3HACdPO
Check out the highlights here:
00:17 - Meet Mommy Robee Lynne, an essential worker with two kids, Gabriel and Gamaliel.
00:26 - Her eldest daughter, Gabo, is 8. She was bullied for having dark skin. the comments made her lose self-esteem at a young age.
01:31 - The constant bullying made Mommy Robee Lynne place filters on her daughter's pictures and videos.
01:36 - Gabo also started to joke about wanting to use Glutathione.
01:40 - Mommy Robee Lynne shares that she grew up being taunted as "Negra".
02:03 - Here's how Mommy Robee Lynne helped Gabo learn to love herself and have self-confidence.
02:32 - Why it's not enough to simply say, "Maganda ka anak."
02:59 - Gabo on her 'bashers', "Hindi ko na matandaan, kasi I feel so loved right now."
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