That's weird. The only kids I know who've colored their hair are from straight families. Three in my kid's class alone.

Only one of the LGBTQ kids at the school my teens attend have hair colors not found in nature. Many other kids, including my daughter, have a color streak or tips dyed. It's just a trend now and a pretty harmless one. My daughter has pale pink in her blonde hair. I think it looks cute and wish I could have done that when I was her age, but when I was growing up the only kids who dyed their hair were goths and bad kids, both of which no one wanted to be associated with for fear of social suicide. If only I could tell my teenage self the things I know now...

My son's entire elementary school class dyed their hair blue for field day in 5th grade. None of the parents had any issues with it and it was the spray in dye that lasted maybe a week if lucky.

She looks like every third girl on an A&F ad from 2009.

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Anonymous wrote:Do the schools let the kids go to class w/ dyed purple, pink, blue hair???

Confused. . .

Not really any of the school's business unless perhaps a Catholic school.

Oh, that makes sense, b/c I grew up going to Catholic schools, and my child now attends one, so that is why my immediate first thought is, "How in the HECK do these kids get by going to school with colored HAIR???"

Interesting.

^^^^ this is what I am talking about...

I don't know any LGBTQ kids that have dyed their hair but I know kids that have dyed their hair. (and I know LGBTQ kids... a T girl I know dyed her hair a darker brown)

Purple for Retts awareness month approved by private school.

Most of the girls dye a little streak or a portion.

My cousin did because she is crazy, she is 50 and her daughter is artistic and they did it together.

All of the kids I know use non-permanent dye which lasts about 3 weeks.

I just assume they are having fun or aupairs from Germany.

I think you are seeing kids with dyed hair and assuming they are LGBTQ because this is what you see on TV.

So people will pay attention to them, because they are special, and have been told so their whole lives. That's why.

And to show the world they are one of a kind, unique individuals.... who look exactly like all the other kids like them

Anonymous wrote:You really know nothing.

Then enlighten me. What's the issue here?

You really know nothing.

I see lots of kids with colored hair. I know not all of them are transgender.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a trend I've seen even on very young trans kids. What's the story here? And why would a parent allow a 5-10 year old dye their hair pink or purple?

Because it is a safe, harmless form of self expression that is relatively short lasting.

Interesting. OP here. I thought it was permanent (until grown out). is it not?

A friend of DD's did this with red kool aid last summer. It's still growing out. They cut her hair short but since she had dyed all the way to her scalp, it's still growing out.

If I thought it would wash out after a few days or even a week or two, I might be open to it if my 1st grader asked, but knowing it's far more permanent than that would make me say that dyeing hair is like makeup, something that in our house is not age appropriate and we can revisit when she's in middle school.

FWIW, DD has one transgender friend and she is more into braids and ponytails than hair color from what I can tell.

Anonymous wrote:Tell us OP, where are you "finding this many very young trans kids?" Are they your friend's kids?

Just about all the high profile trans kids, like Avery on the NatGeo cover, for example, have dyed hair. Just about all the parents who advocate in the media about trans kids with brightly colored hair.

Tell us OP, where are you "finding this many very young trans kids?" Are they your friend's kids?

Anonymous wrote:Do the schools let the kids go to class w/ dyed purple, pink, blue hair???

Confused. . .

Yes. There is nothing sexual, drug related, or inappropriate about pink hair.

Anonymous wrote:Do the schools let the kids go to class w/ dyed purple, pink, blue hair???

Confused. . .

Not really any of the school's business unless perhaps a Catholic school.