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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For all you saying, "when they can afford it," just know that your kid will go buy some crap and CVS and do tons of damage to their hair. I'd rather take her to the salon and have it done well.[/quote]

Speaking only for myself, I would view that as a really good life lesson for her and will hopefully motivate her to work hard in school so she too can afford salon hair color when she’s an adult. Damaged hair will grow back but I don’t want my child growing up feeling like she’s entitled to expensive high-maintenance beauty routines. [/quote]

+1. There was a mom on here last year lamenting paying for her daughter’s hair, nails, makeup, etc and she was soliciting advice on how to tell DD she was going to get cut off in college. As if somehow this made sense. If this is important to your child, I would encourage you to have her make a spreadsheet listing all of the extra beauty care she wants (not routine haircuts 3-6 months or shampoo) but makeup, mani/pedi, etc and costs so you can both see the yearly total and then figure out what is reasonable, what she will pay for, how she will pay for it, etc. I grew up with a lot of people who had zero financial discipline and financial awareness and that can lead to overconsumption and spending to keep up with others. [/quote]

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