
Comparison Starts Young Starting at a very young age, we begin comparing ourselves to others. My daughter started talking about what her friends are wearing and wanted to wear clothing similar to them when she was 4 years old. My son, often talks about his school work by comparing his work to others. We compare our hair, our clothes, our income, our values, our likes and dislikes, and the list goes on. In an article about teaching our kids about comparison, Abigail Dodds says, “Leading our comparisons in the right…