Coloring or highlighting a childs hair???

[tiggerlover]

Am I the only one who thinks it is a little odd to color or highliight a 7 year olds hair?

 

[aprilgail2]

No! I think its a little odd to do that at such a young age...my daughter once was visiting my god daughter who is 14 and they both put red streaks in their hair with the stuff that washes right out but let me tell you I got some nasty looks from people the rest of the day when they looked at my daughters hair! I couldn't wait to wash it out, she looked so old with it in there!

 

[Scratch42]

Right now it's DD and I who are in the middle of.......

"Why Can't I dye My Hair, Everybody Else's Mother let's them!"

The only reason I can see using just a temp color is if the child has lice and this will kill them!

Like I tell DD, "If your friends jump off a bridge, shall I let you also!"LOL

That's the part I hate the most, 'cuase that's when she makes me sound like my mother!LOL

Scratch

 

[TammyNC]

No, I think it is odd as well. I know that some parents are different and everyone's lifestyle is different, but I don't understand it. Thankfully we haven't had to deal with that situation.

 

[Chattyaholic]

My granddaughter had high-lights put in her hair, her step-mom did it for her, and she's 10 and I think THAT is too young also!!
I think she should be at least 13 before she starts doing stuff like that to her hair. But my opinion wasn't asked for.

 

[lacool]

I can't even imagine my 7 year old DD asking for such a thing! Where is this kind of thing the norm?!

 

[floridaminnie]

Then count me in the odd bunch too! 7 is way to young! I didn't do mine until I was way into my 20's!

 

[cgcw]

The other night at Cub Scouts, I noticed one of the boys had highlighted his hair. I commented about it to two other Mom's and neither of them had noticed. And, when I asked my DS when this boy had it done, he hadn't noticed either.

Not that I would let my DS9 have his hair done, I wondered why the parents of this boy went to all of the expense/committment to have hardly anyone notice.

 

[snoopy]

My SIL put highlights in all her girls hair. She has 3 girls ages 5 to 10. She sent me the school pic of the 8 year old, my goddaughter, and there she was with her bleached blonde hair in an "updo", wearing lipstick and a belly shirt.

She's my niece, not my daughter, but I sure wish her Mommy would let her be a kid for a tad bit longer.

 

[Princess Michelle]

I don't have any children but I see it all the time. There are little girls in my church who are 6 and 11 years old and their mother put blonde highlights in their very dark brown hair. My "Nephew" is already blonde but he has gotten the tips of his hair bleached. He is only 10. I just think it's stupid to let kids do things like this to their hair. I know a lot of people don't think it's a big deal but I think it just teaches kids at an even earlier age to be disatisfied with the way they look naturally. My mom would have never let me do anything like that to my hair before I was 16 and I never would have even thought to ask to be honest. I didn't know any kids who dyed their hair until I got into my late teens but now it just seems to be getting younger and younger.

 

[rae519]

My hairdresser put some gold highlights on the crown of Michael's hair and although we didn't like it, he thought he would ----- he didn't.

Sometimes it just takes a little to make a big impression. He was 7 at the time.

Rae

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I won't let my DDs do it (they are 13 and 15)...it damages hair, and you have to keep it up, and I refuse to spend the money on it. My oldest DD did use Sun-in one year, that she paid for, and it could be regulated...no big drastic change all at once. She was disappointed recently that she couldn't donate her hair to Locks of Love because the part she treated hadn't grown out completely.

Now my son is 10, and I've bleached his hair a couple of times. It was more of "a thing" a couple of years ago, as much as putting green stuff in his hair for a sports tournament (town color is green) that could be washed out. His hair was short, and it grew out quickly. And the dye was on clearance. Also, he wasn't doing it because he felt he needed to be "a blonde"...it was a fun thing to do, short-term, and an acceptable color (not like a permanent bright red or green).

With girls, it seems to be more about being the sexy blonde...ack.

 

[rae519]

Originally posted by floridaminnie
Then count me in the odd bunch too! 7 is way to young! I didn't do mine until I was way into my 20's!

I was white haired at birth, changed to blonde, brown, and now fading back into that gray area ----- but at age 30, I went blonde, then at 48 I went red.

Must admit that redheads do have more fun.....or maybe it's just these raging hormones!!!! HAAHAHA!

Rae

 

[Cruisin]

This is my opinion and I am sure to get flamed for it.

It is just hair. It is not permanent, hair will grow out.
My husband always says he doesn't care if our kids have purple hair with pink polka dots done up in a mohawk, cause it is not permanent.

There are bigger, more difficult battles to fight in life such as smoking, drugs, alcohol etc.

Again, just our opinion and neither of our kids has ever had purple hair with pink polka dots either, but if that is what they want to do then............

 

[snoopy]

I'm with Mare, actually - if they are doing it to make a statement or for fun, I think its fine, but if they are doing it because they have to look a certain way, that is when I have the problem with it.

That is the cases with my nieces - they are just babies practically and they already feel they have a certain image to keep up with.

 

[tiggerlover]

Just for the record, this is a boy who is 7, he has dark hair with blonde spikey tips. I am glad to see that I am not the only one to think this is too young. To each his own I suppose, but it wouldn't be my 7 year old. I didn't get highlights put in my hair until I was 35!!! I can't imagine even knowing what highlights were when I was 7.

 

[MHopkins2]

Originally posted by Cruisin'Kroezes
This is my opinion and I am sure to get flamed for it.

It is just hair. It is not permanent, hair will grow out.
My husband always says he doesn't care if our kids have purple hair with pink polka dots done up in a mohawk, cause it is not permanent.

There are bigger, more difficult battles to fight in life such as smoking, drugs, alcohol etc.

Again, just our opinion and neither of our kids has ever had purple hair with pink polka dots either, but if that is what they want to do then............

I couldn't agree more! Good for you!!

 

[Trish5768]

I agree, I think its way too young.

 

[wilderness01]

It is way too young. If the child was a teen I might agree that there are bigger fish to fry and hair dying would be the least of our fights. I would be more worried about drinking, drugs, having sex, etc. I have seen very young kids with their hair highlighted and it looks stupid. Just my opinion and to each their own. But why can't we let kids just remain kids a little longer?

 

[Jenn Lynn]

I don't have a problem with the situation you described. It's hair. They will get bored with it after a while.