Very hairy legs on 7 year old DD and she's upset about it.

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I have hairy arms. I bleach the hair every 2-3 months and it looks a lot less hairy.

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Anonymous wrote:It sends the message that you are listening to her and you care.

Shave her legs.

ITA! My almost 7yo dd's leg hair is getting darker and the second she brings it up to me, I am showing her how to use an electric razor.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it sends the wrong message to shave a 7 yo, OP. Many feel as I do. But this issue has been endlessly and viciously debated here before (search for previous threads) and I can't get into it now.

NP. I have not read through previous debates but I can see both sides. My girls have hairy legs (but blonde) and have not asked about it but I think I would be torn as to what to do. Agree I wouldn't want them teased & to feel bad about themselves, but geeze, 7/8 sounds so young to start stuff like that.

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I have been mulling this issue over as well. Since she was an early 5 my daughter would complain about her hairy legs "I wish they weren't so furry; nobody else has this much fur." She will be 7 soon - hasn't brought it up in a couple of months but I'm sure will mention it again soon. I don't think she is getting teased . . . .yet. Thing is, she is going to shave eventually (we (mostly) all do, right?), so why wait until some arbitrary age?

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I think it's important that she continue to like herself so I'd let her shave/cream/whatever them.

I'd rather do that than insist hairy legs on a 7 yr old are cool and that she must self identify as HER LEGS and fight all the mean little monsters making fun of her in able to be happy with herself or attain some kind of superhuman self esteem. They are just hairy legs. Get rid of that hair and let her be herself.

[Anonymous]

I'm very hairy and so is my 8 year old daughter. She asked me to shave her pits. I did. At this point she doesnt care about the hair on her legs but if she asks, I will shave for her. No big deal.

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At 7-8 I wish I could have gone to my mom with such a worry/request as hair pits/arms/legs. My mom just wasnt that kind of mom. I didnt even know what a period was until I had the sex ed class in jr. high. Thank god for that class or else I would have been clueless. Not with my daughter everything is out in the open and when she has questions/concerns about her body I help her.

[Anonymous]

I don't have hairy legs and can get by with shaving every few months, but both DDs do. We tried shaving once, but the stubble grew back within a few days. I g0t them a sugar waxing kit. They can do it themselves and it's a lot more gentle than regular waxing. They both say the pain in minimal and lasts MUCH longer than shaving.

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What is the big deal about shaving as a child?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have hairy legs and can get by with shaving every few months, but both DDs do. We tried shaving once, but the stubble grew back within a few days. I g0t them a sugar waxing kit. They can do it themselves and it's a lot more gentle than regular waxing. They both say the pain in minimal and lasts MUCH longer than shaving.

I like this idea. What's the name of the waxing kit you use?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have hairy legs and can get by with shaving every few months, but both DDs do. We tried shaving once, but the stubble grew back within a few days. I g0t them a sugar waxing kit. They can do it themselves and it's a lot more gentle than regular waxing. They both say the pain in minimal and lasts MUCH longer than shaving.

I like this idea. What's the name of the waxing kit you use?

i am an adult...and i had a HORRIBLE allergic reaction to sugar wax (and i don't even have sensitive skin).

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Anonymous wrote:What is the big deal about shaving as a child?

Razors are dangerous, body hair is natural. I wish we'd all get over the body hair issues.

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Anonymous wrote:7 = 1st grade?!

+1. That's ridiculous. Can she read?

What does being able to read have to do with a child who has excessive leg hair? The whole original post states that it seems way too early to shave because it typically is WAY too early. But what's the alternative if the child is being teased and she's completely self-conscious about it. The leg hair is very different than her peers and it's causing problems. The whole point of the post was that it's way earlier than when it's expected to have to deal with this. At no point in the post does it say "hey, I really want to make my DD shave her legs for fun!"

Maybe the solution is to find better peers.

What a completely stupid statement.

You're right. It's clearly better to let everyone else dictate how you feel about yourself, and let you know what you have to change.

Why not since you also seem to want to dictate how she should feel about herself (i.e., you shouldn't care when people tease you, so I won't let you control your own body)? As for "finding better peers," you're suggesting, what? Pulling her out of her school and sending her to a private school where teasing never happens? What planet are you living on?

[Anonymous]

6 pages! Really?! Buy her a razor and move on with your life. This level of naval-gazing is too much.

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Anonymous wrote:What is the big deal about shaving as a child?

Razors are dangerous, body hair is natural. I wish we'd all get over the body hair issues.

She is 7. I would let my 7 yo shave her legs but I also let her chop vegetables with a razor sharp knife and let her cook on the gas stove, all of which have been criticized on this site!