the thing is that for her to have low self-esteem by seeing herself as darker skinned would indicate that she thinks being 'dark skinned' is a negative.
I think I would tackle it further by doing lots of activities about faces/people and show how people in the same family can have different colouring. I am whiter than white in winter but have olive skin whilst my dh is pasty scottish white (no offence to any scottish members) and is several shades whiter than me.
what is it that makes mum thinks she's suffering from low self-esteem. Maybe something specific has been said? Or does she think she is worried that she is not teh same as other members of her family?
She needs to feel good about herself but also to understand that if she has dark hair and all her family are blonde that is fine. It's the same with skin tone.
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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