picking up your kids from the school bus

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Anonymous wrote:I do it because my daughter has natural hair that she gets straightened. The slightest drop of rain will turn it to a frizzy afro.

How can a child have hair that can never even get a drop of rain on it? Sounds extremely ridiculous.

Seriously. The kid doesn't go outside at all if it's so much as drizzling because it will mess up her hair ?! Way to encourage vanity & raise a prima donna, mom! Just buy her a hat to wear outside if it's that important to her. Or better yet, have her save up to buy it herself -- she might re-evaluate her priorities if you stop catering to this ridiculousness!

Obviously you all are not AA. Most AA women/girls who have natural hair that gets straightened will not go out in the rain if they can help it. And drizzle can be even worse. Has nothing to do with being a prima donna or vanity, it has to do with what water does to our natural hair that has been straighteded (meaning no chemical relaxer). Lol, haven't you all wondered why most AA women don't swim or work out on a regular basis? She does wear a hat but if it's warm that doesn't help. Will make our hair puff up. Umbrellas also can be problematic. We just don't do rain or high humidity. So I'm picking her up in the rain.

I'm AA & think keeping a child of any race away from a small amount of water like she's the freaking Wicked Witch of the West in order to protect her hairstyle is absurd. And since when do black women not work out? Pilates classes & treadmills might not be as popular with us as they are with the white ladies but have you ever seen an elite female basketball team without an AA on it? Do we not sweat when we play basketball? What about when we sprint? Do you think FloJo was worried about messing up her hair when she was training for the Olympics?

You really irked me with that post. Yeah, I'm kind of sensitive about it. I think they were very worried about their hair and how it looked when they played. Thus, the tight pony tails, headbands, weave and braids.

Every AA player on this team either has braids, weave or relaxed straight hair. Not natural hair.


Now what was this thread about again? Oh, now I remember...

So doesn't it make sense to have your DD choose one of the above hair styles (or another one that would would withstand getting wet) rather than having to be so cautious about getting wet? I'm honestly not trying to be rude, I just think that kids should be able to run around & sweat a little without regards to their hair. That's why I have my 7 & 4-year-old DDs' hair in braids ( & why I will pay for a weave -- which is what I currently have-- when they get older if they prefer that).

NP. I agree with you on the braids or weave. My DD wears her hair natural because tbh I don't have time for all that nonsense with pressing her hair either professionally or at home. I also don't want her to develop hang ups about sweating or swimming or even the weather. When she was younger, she loved when it rained because she splashed in puddles, not thinking for a second about her hair. I think that's the way it should be for little girls. I didn't straighten my own hair until college (and yes, I got stupid comments about it from black folks when my hair was natural in high school). But it's very freeing not to have to think about it.