"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her the product of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates." (Prov. 31:30-31)

The following was written by a 12-year-old girl, and well illustrates that judging by appearance is instilled in the hearts of people from a very early age.

"To be enormously gorgeous, Sarah says you need to have beautiful, long, curly hair like she has. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous, Justin says you must have perfectly straight white teeth like he has. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous, Jessica says you can't have any of those little brown dots on your face called freckles. I do. To be enormously gorgeous, Mark says you have to be the smartest kid in the seventh-grade class. I'm not. To be enormously gorgeous, Stephen says you have to be able to tell the funniest jokes in the school. I not. To be enormously gorgeous, Lauren says you need to live in the nicest neighborhood in town and in the prettiest house. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous, Matthew says you can only wear the coolest clothes and the most popular shoes. I don't. To be enormously gorgeous, Samantha says you need to come from a perfect family. I don't. But every night at bedtime my dad gives me a big hug and says, 'You are enormously gorgeous, and I love you.' My dad must know something my friends don't."