Why do you let your daughter have long scraggly hair?

[Anonymous]

There are alot of little girls out there with hair that is too long...no body and unhealthy looking in general. Is it too much to ask that people braid or put their daughters hair up in a ponytail?

Yes, it IS too much to ask, if you are asking me to braid my daughter's hair to please YOU. MYOB!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the op's response is funny.

I don't think she meant to be funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, are you into pageants, by chance?

My thoughts exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.. I am sure you all are being so sensitive because your daughters look like trashy little ragamuffins. I am going to go out on a limb and say that you probably don't bother taking any pride in your own appearance either. Your poor little daughter probably takes one look at your ugly Chico's clothes and bi-level haircut and figures she shouldn't even bother trying to fix herself up.

You may not be trashy on the outside, but you are nothing but filth on the inside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.. I am sure you all are being so sensitive because your daughters look like trashy little ragamuffins. I am going to go out on a limb and say that you probably don't bother taking any pride in your own appearance either. Your poor little daughter probably takes one look at your ugly Chico's clothes and bi-level haircut and figures she shouldn't even bother trying to fix herself up.

I have a little ragamuffin whose hair looks great when we leave the house, but is so thin and fine that no barrette or pony tail holder will stay in it and it has no body and gets scraggly after 30 seconds of her standing absolutely still. Really, OP, I am so proud that you are able to express your aesthetic superiority. But, frankly, if your priority is criticizing the HAIR of other people's kids, you have far too much too do and very little class.

[Anonymous]

My DD is very fine and naturally curly. It becomes tangly and nappy because she sleeps on her back.

No amount of Bed Head, Paul Mitchell De Tangler for Kids, or baby oil can get it it out. Trying to brush/comb it out morphs into a screaming hysteria fit and with a newborn in hand I really rather choose my battles.

The curls and berets cover most of the dread locks, but otherwise we have to go to the hairdresser.

...but if you want to come over and brush my DD's hair each morning and night I'll leave the door key under the mat for you.

[Anonymous]

Seriously OP. My DD has long hair because she likes it that way. I do insist on brushing it well once a day but by the end of the day it would probably earn your wrath. When and if she starts to care whether her hair looks like it has body or is attractive to you, she can get it cut in a different way. For now, the very last message that I want to send my preteen daughter is that how hair looks is an important aspect of her life that I feel strongly about. As long as we are meeting minimum grooming standards I really don't care how long she chooses to wear her hair and whether it is viewed as "attractive" or not. I do care that she not view her looks as her primary source of value or identity and focus instead on behavior and personality.

[Anonymous]

First, as a disclaimer, I have a daughter with curly hair that looks far from perfect on a day to day basis.

That being said, when I read OP's post, I immediately thought of a friend of mine who has NEVER cut her daughter's hair and thinks it looks GREAT when in fact its REALLY thin and stringy and uneven, but man is it LONG, which is all my friend seems to care about.

But I just smile and agree, because I really don't care, however I would never let my daughter's hair look like that. Just sayin'.

[Anonymous]

I keep my daughters hair long and scraggly on purpose. I also dress her in rhinestones and a bikini. I have great fears of her growing up some day and marrying a boy who still wears a monogramed romper. This is may way of avoiding that disaster.

[Anonymous]

There are alot of little girls out there with hair that is too long...no body and unhealthy looking in general. Is it too much to ask that people braid or put their daughters hair up in a ponytail?

Yes, it IS too much to ask, if you are asking me to braid my daughter's hair to please YOU. MYOB!!

Really??? I suppose you dont bathe your child either. It takes about 2 minutes to braid my daughter's hair. No I am not involved in pageants but I do think that taking pride in one's appearance is an important value to teach and as a parent you need to lead by example. Maybe if so many of you were not of geriatric age or have spit out too many kids you could find the time for your daughters.

[Anonymous]

Hey, aren't you the one I just saw on Toddlers in Tiaras?

[Anonymous]

OP's daughter is shaved bald. She buys different wigs for the girl for each day of the week.

[Anonymous]

OP here.. I am sure you all are being so sensitive because your daughters look like trashy little ragamuffins. I am going to go out on a limb and say that you probably don't bother taking any pride in your own appearance either. Your poor little daughter probably takes one look at your ugly Chico's clothes and bi-level haircut and figures she shouldn't even bother trying to fix herself up.

OP, the fact that you have this much venom to direct at mothers whose girls' hair gets a little unruly or tangled tells me that you have some serious issues, probably a body-image issues and other insecurities. It is truly sad that you have twice referred to people's young daughters as "trashy" and you see nothing wrong with that kind of name-calling and in fact sound like you are enjoying it. Does making nasty judgments about little children based on their appearance make you feel better about your own shortcomings? It comes across as pathetic, and I feel sorry for you. You sound like a very unhappy person, and I hope you get some help and find a way to be be more accepting of yourself and others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.. I am sure you all are being so sensitive because your daughters look like trashy little ragamuffins. I am going to go out on a limb and say that you probably don't bother taking any pride in your own appearance either. Your poor little daughter probably takes one look at your ugly Chico's clothes and bi-level haircut and figures she shouldn't even bother trying to fix herself up.

People, people, OP is messing with you. C'mon! It's funny.

[Anonymous]

Shame on you, OP.