5 year old girl with highlights...

[robinb]

I'm going against the conventional wisdom (again!) but as a parent of a 6 year old ... I can understand why someone would want to have their children's hair highlighted. It's not really a big deal IMO, as long as the kid enjoys it. My DD used to ask me if she looked "fashion" when she was in Kindergarten. I am probably the plainest, non-fashion person you will ever meet. I always told her "yes" with a smile. Everyone wants to look good. Especially girls. Even little ones.

I don't think it's particularly harmfull to have your kids hair done at 5. Heck ... piercing ears their ears is a far more lasting expression of "fashion". I would say 1/3 of the Kindergarten girls had their ears pierced by the time they started school.

I am alreasy practicing the mantra of many teenagers who die their hair purple: "It's just hair. My child is the same inside."

 

[barkley]

i don't agree with having it done on young children for appearance sake. with one exception-i've known of at least 3 people (1 adult and 2 children) who due to accidents or illness lost or had to have cut/shaved off all of their hair. in all 3 cases their hair grew back a different color than they had before (and in one case the straight hair grew back "annie" syle curley ). for their self esteem had they desired to have hair coloring done to return to their original color i would have supported it fully.

i also do not agree with parents who have young children spray tanned, or their baby teeth electivly removed (both of which i've seen in children who act, model and do pagents) to provide a more estheticly pleasing appearance.

 

[dis ms.]

I don't get it.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=976548

 

[Buckalew11]

I had a teenager come in whose mother had been coloring her blonde (like the girl was when she was little) for many years. She started getting naturally darker which most people do as they get older and the mom wanted her to be a blonde. The girl was tired of the hassle and having to deal with roots. She wanted to be tinted back to the natural color. Her mother called me on the phone begging me (behind the DD's back & she told me NOT to tell her DD that she called) to talk her into keeping it blonde. Oh brother.

I talked to the girl for a long time and we tinted her back to her natural color which she loved.
I'll never forget that girl's thoughts about the whole deal and some of the feelings she had about how she thought her mother thought about her.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

Children in and of themselves are beautiful without the trappings of the insecure.

 

[Alice's Mom]

Thanks for all the replies, I appreciate it. My daughter has such beautiful natural highlights to begin with, we are always out in the sun, thankfully she has already stopped talking about her hair, I knew she would forget about it quickly. I am sure it will come up again when the other little girl gets a touch up though. I was just a little flabbergasted.

 

[Bashful2]

When DD16 was 6, she begged to have a perm. At first, I was against it because I was afraid it would damage her hair, but our hairdresser assured me she would use a gentle solution so I gave in. DD was very good through the whole process and when she was done, had a very beautiful head of curly hair. Strangers would stop us and comment on how pretty her hair was. DD never liked it though and has never had another perm. Whenever she looks at pictures from then, she still laughingly refers to herself as "Miss Bushhead."

 

[ZachnElli]

I have a niece who's hair is permenantly dyed pink. I think it's ridiculous. She is beyond spoiled. She's 8, btw.

 

[KimR]

Well, I highlighted my DDs hair when she was 6 although it wasn't intentional! She had recently gotten her ears pierced and developed an infection. Twice a day, I put hydrogen peroxide on her ears. I think she is allergic to metal because this went on for months and the infection never really cleared up. A few months later, we were at Disney and DD had just gotten out of the shower when her sister exclaimed 'Cassidy's hair is blonde!'. I looked and, sure enough, she had a few blonde streaks in the front. Apparently, while treating her ears I had gotten peroxide on her hair and the combination of peroxide and sun bleached it!

As far as intentional highlighting goes, I wouldn't let my child do it at 5, but I don't think a parent who does is horrible or a 'freak'.

 

[liamsaunt]

Well, I highlighted my DDs hair when she was 6 although it wasn't intentional! She had recently gotten her ears pierced and developed an infection. Twice a day, I put hydrogen peroxide on her ears. I think she is allergic to metal because this went on for months and the infection never really cleared up. A few months later, we were at Disney and DD had just gotten out of the shower when her sister exclaimed 'Cassidy's hair is blonde!'. I looked and, sure enough, she had a few blonde streaks in the front. Apparently, while treating her ears I had gotten peroxide on her hair and the combination of peroxide and sun bleached it!

As far as intentional highlighting goes, I wouldn't let my child do it at 5, but I don't think a parent who does is horrible or a 'freak'.

I did the same thing, but to myself in high school! My ears were always getting infected and I used peroxide to clean them out. I ended up with two blond streaks on either side of my head, just like the bride of frankenstein! I thnk it happened from sleeping on my side after cleaning the ears out. I actually kind of liked the way it looked.

 

[CheshireVal]

I think that's way too young. I wouldn't do it to my daughter, and I wouldn't let her do it even if she begged. Kids grow up so fast these days, anyway... there's no need to speed up the process.

 

[T1130]

My dd(4) has brown hair. But in the front side part of her head she has a chunk of hair that is natural blond. She has had it since she was born. The doctor told me it is like a birthmark she will always have it because there is no pigment there. Well now that she is older and her hair is longer people always stop me to ask if I highlighted her hair. Everytime she gets a haircut the beautician always says boy is she going to love this when she gets older.