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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter was teased in G1 about her light, barely noticeable unibrow, too.  It was one kid in particular who was using it as a way to yield power over her.  She was distraught, I suggested a variety of strategies to deal with the teasing (and broached it with the teacher--it wasn't confined to the unibrow).  I also told her that if it really distresses her, I will take her with me when I get my eyebrows waxed (nothing major, just a little here and a little there--I'm far too lazy to pluck even the few stray hairs myself. Anyhoo).

She said yes.

So we went.

The aesthetician was incredibly GREAT!  She didn't shape or mold my DD's eyebrows, just whisked a little bit off the middle. She was funny, cool, said she LOVED all kinds of eyebrows, even unibrows!  We had a funny, good time.  DD didn't look any different in the end, that I could tell. But it made all the difference to my daughter.

Not long after, my DD's AWESOME first grade teacher got right on the teasing-prevention train and shut that whole circus down.  DD got full permission to come to her and the playground monitor when any sort of teasing erupted, and they took care of it.  When it was time for my next brow appointment, I asked my DD if she wanted to come.

"No, mom, I'm okay now. The teasing stopped. I like my eyebrows just fine."

The end.

For now.  :)  Grade 2 and we're going strong.

I felt silly taking my DD to get her brows waxed, too, but I felt that (a) we weren't doing a "big shaping," (b) the woman I went to was groovy and hysterical and kick ass down to earth and (c) my daughter felt plagued by her brows from external forces.

[b]Tackle the issue on all fronts.  Not just waxing. Get the teasing SHUT DOWN.[/b] [/quote]

I think some people are forgetting this is OPs niece.[/quote]

Yup, that's me. I forgot.  Still, if some message can be conveyed to the mom-- no, the root of the problem isn't the child's unibrow (it's the teasing), but addressing the unibrow might be a reasonable surface-level approach to helping the child if (child wants it), and that eyebrow waxing need not be a frou-frou or vanity activity (depending on how you approach it), and that other social/bully interventions (helping the victim and the bully) are also necessary--that might help her take a different perspective on the situation.[/quote]

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