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[quote=Anonymous]16:46 poster here.  My oldest daughter who I actually think could handle an "only" situation has the same hair issue as your daughter, and my daughter is 9. She wants her hair straight.  I show her magazine pictures of black child models who look incredibly cute with their curly "fros" and she is like, "No Way!"  She looks adorable with her hair like that, but in her mind it has to be straight.

When we were in the south, her best friend was a 6 year old white girl who was skinny as a rail and obsessed over her weight.  My relatively thin daughter began to obsess over her weight too. It drove me crazy. I found out that many very young white girls obsess over their weight (at least in the community where we were) Now that we're back in DC where she sees and is friends with many "thick" black girls who don't have any issue with their size, that worry has been minimized--as has the "white dolls are prettier" thing.

This is why I insist on diversity when it comes to schools for my children.  I personally don't want them to attend an all black, or all white, or all anything school.  In their current school (DC charter) they talk about where everyone is from and they share their different cultures. It's been a wonderful learning experience for them.  My 3 children have friends of all colors now and they seem much more comfortable with their African American heritage than when we were in an all white setting.[/quote]

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