As I mentioned in a
previous post, Shelby my 6yo daughter)
got her hair cut last week. It is a really cute cut on her and she really likes it and so do we. It was mentioned by
Travis in a comment, "But the one thing I don't understand is why parents of small girls
won't let them cut it as short as they want.
It's only hair and it grows."
Linda also had this to say, "As a mom with two daughters, I kind of have to agree with Travis on this one - especially considering that with both of my girls their hair always grew out really fast. There are so
many cute haircuts out there that are short and very easy to take care of but I would be willing to bet that Dad likes Shelby's hair a little long, right? Most dads do!"
This got me to thinking back to when I was a girl and wanted my hair cut and my step-dad
wouldn't allow it. He had the old school mentality that
little girls should have long hair. He always told us that when we were grown we could do as we please with our hair but as long as we "lived under his roof" we would have long hair. While Brien said that he didn't want Shelby's hair any shorter than shoulder length, I think that he could probably be swayed pretty easily otherwise.
I have always been pretty
lenient with Shelby on her hair. She has never really wanted it "short" until last week after my Dad took my little sister while he had her (unbeknownst to her mother) and had her hair
all cut off. While the style looks really cute on
her, I knew that it wouldn't fit Shelby's hair texture so I wanted her to just cut it to her shoulders and told her that we'd talk about getting it cut shorter if she chose to do so. Her hair is very thick and coarse, so the short, stacked style would be a bouffant on her.
When we got home and she washed it and we styled it
she totally fell in love with her new hair cut. She actually has quite a bit of body and wave to her hair and with it's current length she can get a little bit of "curl" to it with some styling product. She decided that for now she didn't want it to be any shorter.
So, this leaves me to ponder the fact. How do you feel about cutting a girl's hair, namely your daughter's hair. Do you, did you, or will you give your children
creative control over their hair styles, color, and cut? At what age do you think this is appropriate? It's not that I didn't
allow Shelby to not get her hair cut short. I just postponed the inevidable. I am still up in the air on how I feel about this one since I was once a little girl who wanted her hair short and was not allowed. I am looking forward to hearing your comments on this subject.
Where does creative control begin for a young girl?
http://tishblack.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-does-creative-control-begin-for.html
