“Is It True We’re Beautiful Too?” — The Question That Should Stop Us All

They stood there without rehearsing anything — just two small faces carrying a question most adults spend a lifetime trying to silence.

Not a question about food.
Not about warmth.
Not even about tomorrow.

A question about worth.

“Is it true we’re beautiful too?”

Somewhere along the way, beauty became a private club.
There’s a dress code.
Clean shoes.
Perfect skin.
Quiet stories.
No visible struggle.

And when you look closely into a child’s eyes, you realize something deeply uncomfortable:
the world teaches children very early who gets noticed — and who gets overlooked.

That wooden sign isn’t asking for compliments.
It isn’t asking for pity.

It’s asking for recognition.

For a simple truth we’ve complicated far too much:
that dignity does not depend on money,
and beauty is not a reward for comfort.

In places where life is hard, children learn resilience before they learn luxury.
They learn cold mornings.
Long walks.
Heavy silence.

And still — they stand.

Still — they look straight at you.
Not begging.
Not hiding.

Just asking a question that quietly demands an answer from anyone willing to look back.

Because the real problem was never whether they are beautiful.

The real problem is how many times the world acted as if they weren’t.

And if a child has to ask this question at all…
what have we already taught them about themselves?