Summer camp with daily swimming + child with shoulder length curly hair

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

Huh? Race definitely matters when we're talking about hair and its response to chlorine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Black mother to biracial girls with 3B, 3C, and 4A hair.

Put hair in a pony tail underneath swim cap. Wash hair after swim and put in leave in conditioner. Rinse off leave in conditioner before getting into pool the next day.

If you detangle everyday after swim, it stays manageable.

I'm curious about what culture you are referring to that encourages long unbraided hair for biracial children. It's certainly not African American or African culture.

I’m guessing OP adopted him and has no idea what she is talking about.

DP. There’s no need to be nasty. Anyway, I’m biracial and know some Dominican kids (mixed ancestry) do the long unbraided hair thing for kids.

You are missing the point. Some kids do it, but it has nothing to do with their culture.

What the heck are you babbling about? Like there is some Book of Black Culture we’re also supposed to follow. Lay off OP people.

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^ *all not *also

[Anonymous]

Jeez this thread really brought out the keyboard warriors