Omg thanks for the book reccomendations. My son has never refused anything yet so I'm hoping that trend continues like it did for me. He already loves swimming so I'm glad about that. I'm not liberal with praise and I'm not harsh either. I like to be really honest, gentle but honest, with people. No not everyone is beautiful. Not everyone is special. Not everyone is interesting or fun to be around. There are some ugly boring people out there and being open about it I think is good for kids to accurately assess themselves and continuously improve themselves.