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Anonymous wrote:Agree with 10:31 - I trained my son's hair to part to one side vice it's natural straight forward.

But there must be a part there on the scalp, too, right, in order for this to be possible? Maybe I just don't understand because my daughter has such fine hair-- maybe it's easier w/ thicker hair to make it stay in one place once you comb it there?

It's not that it stays in place once you comb it there, it's that it starts to "learn" to go their on it's own. No idea how it works. But I'm the PP who trained her son's chin-length hair and it really has worked.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with 10:31 - I trained my son's hair to part to one side vice it's natural straight forward.

But there must be a part there on the scalp, too, right, in order for this to be possible? Maybe I just don't understand because my daughter has such fine hair-- maybe it's easier w/ thicker hair to make it stay in one place once you comb it there?

Anonymous wrote:My daughter once got a toy train tangled in her hair so bad part of it needed to be cut out...does that count?

Totally. She earned it.

My daughter once got a toy train tangled in her hair so bad part of it needed to be cut out...does that count?

Agree with 10:31 - I trained my son's hair to part to one side vice it's natural straight forward.

I beg to disagree, I was able to train #2 hair, learned from my mistake of not doing it with #1. Older child has no part and essentially is living in the 70s/80s with his cute bowl cut. #2 has a side part that I have cut into a stacked bob (1.5 yrs old). #3 no matter the genre will get a side part.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid's scalp is not a puppy--you can't "train" it. You can cut it and style hair but that won't change how it grows in. Just let it go and love your adorable child the way s/he is. You don't have a choice anyway--there's nothing you can do about it, other than perhaps some kind of surgery.

Ummm, trying to keep my kid's hair out of her eyes doesn't mean I don't love my child for who she is. Good gracious. Find something to do with your time.

I have to say, I too am confused. Can you really change the way your child's hair grows so that it stays out of her eyes? If so, do tell. I see no way of changing where my daughter's natural parts are or controlling where her hair hangs, except with clips and hair ties and trims.

Anonymous wrote:Your kid's scalp is not a puppy--you can't "train" it. You can cut it and style hair but that won't change how it grows in. Just let it go and love your adorable child the way s/he is. You don't have a choice anyway--there's nothing you can do about it, other than perhaps some kind of surgery.

Ummm, trying to keep my kid's hair out of her eyes doesn't mean I don't love my child for who she is. Good gracious. Find something to do with your time.

Your kid's scalp is not a puppy--you can't "train" it. You can cut it and style hair but that won't change how it grows in. Just let it go and love your adorable child the way s/he is. You don't have a choice anyway--there's nothing you can do about it, other than perhaps some kind of surgery.

All 4 kids inherited my husband's cowlick so their hair parts in the same place by itself. I don't know that I could change it if I tried. Speaking of hair-DD had an adorable pixie cut back in the 90s (so long ago!) when she was about two, and everyone loved in then. Now people look at baby pictures and say "I didn't know you had a son!"

DD#1 has a very high forehead and I gave her bangs as her hair grew in. She had a pretty natural center part and her hair looks great long (but trimmed neatly)

DD#2 has a prounounced cowlick on her right side. She looked adorable when her hair hit chin length so I kept it in a side part bob.

My second son looks adorable with chin-length hair (he looks like a little surfer boy). The problem was that it went straight forward and was always in his eyes, so that was a no-go. For about a week, after their evening shower, I would carefully comb a part into it and let it dry that way. After about a week, it started parting more naturally and isn't in his eyes anymore.

My older son just looks cute with short hair so it's a non-isse.

My first DD's hair growth pattern makes I much easier to part it on one side. It lays sort of funny when parted on the other side.

Controlled chaos.

How did your child develop a hairstyle? Did it just grow in a certain way? Did you start brushing it a certain way to "train" it into a certain style?
Did you do nothing and it looks likes chaos?