How to Live With Freckles

Some people say that freckles are sun kisses, others think they are bird droppings. According to the Kids Health website, freckles are causes by pigmentation cells just under the skin. Light-skinned and fair-haired people have less melanin than darker-skinned people, so they are more likely to get freckles. For some kids, freckles will come out in the summer when they are out in the sun and then fade in the winter. For others, the freckles stay the same all year around. Learning to live with freckles can be a challenge, but it can be done.

Instructions

    • 1

      Wear sunscreen. If you are one of those kids who gets a new crop of freckles every spring that you have to wear until fall, sunscreen will help keep them to a minimum.

    • 2

      Get pictures of stars with freckles -- Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox and Amy Winehouse just to name a few -- and make them your role models. If these famous people can learn to live with freckles, so can you.

    • 3

      Develop a thick skin. If other kids know you will react when they tease you about your freckles it gives them the power. When they say something about your spots, just smile and ignore them. They will soon get tired of teasing and leave you alone.

    • 4

      Celebrate your freckles. Rather than freckles being something you are ashamed of, change your way of thinking and consider them your strength. After all, not everyone has freckles.

    • 5

      Start a "Freckles are Fun" club. This exclusive club is only open to kids with freckles. Have meetings and get kids to share their experiences and talk about how they learned to live with freckles. Act as a support group for each other and realize there are many things that are worse than having freckles.

    • 6

      Have a freckle contest. Like changing your attitude and starting a club, this is an opportunity to celebrate having freckles. Ask an adult to judge the contest to make sure it is fair and that the winner really does have the most freckles.

    • 7

      Learn to love your freckles. When you get older your freckles will likely fade, and then you will look like everyone else rather than having a unique feature. You will end up missing them.

Learnify Hub © www.0685.com All Rights Reserved