nobody puts baby in the corner.

unLeSs sHe'S ugLy. or so allege some canadian researchers. according to an article in today's new york times, there is a group of researchers from the university of alberta who, after rigorous and meticulous observation of parents and children in supermarkets, claim that pretty children are treated better than ugly ones. to which ugly children everywhere say, “i know!” and their beautiful siblings say, “no way!”
personally, i must admit, that upon reading the article, i wasn’t sure which i was supposed to find more disturbing – that parents would discriminate among their children based on appearance, placing a higher value on physical attractiveness, or that these researchers spent so much time observing children and rating their looks on a scale of 1 to 10, declaring each child either pretty or homely. i would like to “observe” these researchers and rate them on a scale of 1 to 10 . . . somehow i don’t think the university of alberta behavioral research department is swimming with hotties.