I am so DIStraught!!!

[eliza61]

It's hair. It'll grow back. This is not the end of the world.

My mother spent years frustrated with my sister because she wore her hair in a knot on the top of her head and sweatshirts to school. Yeah, she looked sloppy but she had friends and a happy teen hood. In the words of Elsa, let it go!

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Maybe I'm missing some thing but your depressed over a costume malfunction?

By your own admission your daughter is a happy, healthy kid. I think she's probably handling this better than you.

She's a kid, the species has been known you do stupid stuff. No I don't think she needs drugs, therapy or evaluation.

Personally I'd just be happy she didn't take an eye out.

Why is every child care question answered with the kid needs a shrink?

Lastly why are you selling her short? Kids learn to socialize early on. My Bruce didn't have perfect here and you know what she had her group of friends that could have cared less. Don't put your memories on her shoulders

 

[mom2rtk]

This is the stuff of which great family folklore is made!

Get thee to a hair stylist.

And move on.

Oh........ and hide the scissors. At least for a while.

My daughter cut her hair days before a big Disney trip when she was 4. The result (after an impromptu visit to the stylist) was the cutest little haircut EVER. Seriously, it was as cute as could be. Our stylist turned lemons into lemonade.

 

[momto3gsds]

OP, I really hope the you will take some time and read what you wrote. How would you respond if you were someone else reading this post?

You wrote about how you can't see her 'amazingly sweet face' now because of she wears glasses and now has a 'dorky' haircut , and how you won't be able to get 'amazing pictures' now. This is the saddest thing I've ever read on these boards. Love is suppose to be blind. I'm sorry, but I think your the one that needs glasses.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

You are "devistated" because of your child's "dorky" hair and because she wears glasses that don't show off her face? Maybe you should spend time focusing on who your daughter is and not just what you think she looks like.

Couldn't agree more.

This post makes me very sad.

 

[Alice Royal]

Childhood 'tragedies' aside...

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epiccosplay.com

^^Every time I cosplay I buy from one of these sellers. Every wig is extremely stylable, dyeable, and cuttable and best of all, CHEAP.

You could even go on eBay, buy a ridiculously cheap China wig and a foam wig head, and give her the scissors back under supervision. Honestly, cutting hair is a kind of creative expression. Kids may notice if it happens to one's own hair, but think of ten years from now. Will she (or they) remember the awkward bangs as she's crossing the stage to graduate? Nope. You're probably going to have a pretty cool, laughable story ten years from now when it comes to those school pictures. All in the name of cosplay...

(Side note: I almost chopped the tip of my thumb off the other day while working on a costume. Hair grows back. Thumbs do not. )

 

[GotLabradors]

You are "devistated" because of your child's "dorky" hair and because she wears glasses that don't show off her face? Maybe you should spend time focusing on who your daughter is and not just what you think she looks like.

I teach middle school and can't tell you the number of girls I've seen come into 6th grade with "dorky hair and glasses" only to walk out at the end of 8th grade beautiful young ladies. Your daughter is fine. You, on the other hand, might have some unresolved issues. Stop trying to live vicariously through your daughter.

 

[StitchBuddy]

My DD cut her hair when she was four. Not only her bangs, but huge hunks all over. She looked like she had horns coming out of the top of her head not to mention somlmost bald spots. Lol! It's funny now, but like you I didn't find it funny at the time. Good news is it will grow back and make a funny story down the road. Almost all kids cut their hair at one time or another. Just keep it in perspecttive, it will grow back. Enjoy your trip!! Pl the pics will b priceless when she older.

 

[Disney_Princess83]

I teach middle school and can't tell you the number of girls I've seen come into 6th grade with "dorky hair and glasses" only to walk out at the end of 8th grade beautiful young ladies. Your daughter is fine. You, on the other hand, might have some unresolved issues. Stop trying to live vicariously through your daughter.

Wow, this is beyond rude. Stop being so rude so people, you might become a happier person

Ignore the hate OP! It seems the board is full of "perfect parents." It's just hair. It will grow back. Pop into a hairdresser, they can tidy up the hair. Otherwise you can always push back the small fringe with Mickey Ears

 

[kmb584]

When DD was 3 she cut chunks of hair off the left side of her head. Some parts were still long, others were almost cut to her scalp, and the rest were layered somewhere in between. I was horrified at first but that dissipated after a couple of minutes, and I got a good laugh. This was 2 days before her preschool pictures and that picture will make a great addition to her high school yearbook.

 

[BeccaA]

I teach second grade and have for years. I don't feel it's abnormal, just a kid making a decision without thinking it through. They say the part of the brain that controls judgement isn't fully developed until age 25. Hair can grow back. Don't stress too much. My daughter cut off her beautiful long hair when she was two. I was so devastated! It grew back though and we have a great story to tell.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

Most every kid does this. Hair grows. You'll be fine.

 

[MartDM]

"Distraught" and "Devastated" are words I associate with true tragedy, like an accident, medical crisis, death, major life crisis, and the like.

It is only a costume and just about every kid I know has experimented with hair styling at one point or another. It might be for a deep breath and some honest perspective on the situation. If you are really as traumatized as your post seems to indicate, then the costume has become too important to you. Take your daughter to a stylist to remedy the hair situation, chuckle at her hair, and move on with thanks that your daughter is a healthy and confident chick.

 

[GotLabradors]

Wow, this is beyond rude. Stop being so rude so people, you might become a happier person

Ignore the hate OP! It seems the board is full of "perfect parents." It's just hair. It will grow back. Pop into a hairdresser, they can tidy up the hair. Otherwise you can always push back the small fringe with Mickey Ears

I'm sorry the world can't be all rainbows and unicorns for you. Sometimes the truth hurts a bit.

My happiness quotient is just dandy, but thanks for your concern.

 

[Disney_Princess83]

I'm sorry the world can't be all rainbows and unicorns for you. Sometimes the truth hurts a bit.

My happiness quotient is just dandy, but thanks for your concern.

I'm well aware life isn't unicorns and rainbows. If you actually knew anything about my life you would know that.

There is truth and then there is rudeness. The Dis Boards seem full of "perfect people" who just post to criticize others and belittle their feelings. I don't understand wanting to make people feel bad or bully them if they are upset over something. I suppose it's the fact I know just because someone is upset over something I wouldn't be, doesn't make their feelings wrong. Thankfully we have a report button to report inappropriate posts.

 

[Ceila]

OP, I understand that you're disappointed, but kids are kids and they do things without thinking. As for the costume, I don't see how it really matters. So she'll have odd-looking bangs? So what? She'll still look adorable in them, glasses and all. The way you wrote your OP about glasses being part of "mom's first nightmare" along with the "dorky bangs" come off as rather unkind toward your own daughter. I hope she doesn't pick up on your negativity toward her glasses. My daughter started wearing them in 1st grade. She looked adorable and we told her so, over and over again.

 

[Allison]

I'm well aware life isn't unicorns and rainbows. If you actually knew anything about my life you would know that.

There is truth and then there is rudeness. The Dis Boards seem full of "perfect people" who just post to criticize others and belittle their feelings. I don't understand wanting to make people feel bad or bully them if they are upset over something. I suppose it's the fact I know just because someone is upset over something I wouldn't be, doesn't make their feelings wrong. Thankfully we have a report button to report inappropriate posts.

The only inappropriate posts I have seen are posts like yours and a few other people who pull out the "perfect parent" or bullying card and call other posters names when other posters have differing opinions. Not agreeing with someone is not against the rules.

 

[OurBigTrip]

It's hair.

It will grow back.

And I can tell you from experience that the school picture that horrifies you now will be the source of wonder years from now, when you hold it up next to her senior picture.

 

[GSUJillybean]

You are "devistated" because of your child's "dorky" hair and because she wears glasses that don't show off her face? Maybe you should spend time focusing on who your daughter is and not just what you think she looks like.

I wholeheartedly agree with this.

 

[kathie859]

I wholeheartedly agree with this.

Me, too! I try to reserve my feelings of "devastation" for truly epic tragedies.

I'm hoping that the OP just was caught up in her initial distress over the hair cutting incident and isn't really caught up in her child's appearance.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

I'm well aware life isn't unicorns and rainbows. If you actually knew anything about my life you would know that.

There is truth and then there is rudeness. The Dis Boards seem full of "perfect people" who just post to criticize others and belittle their feelings. I don't understand wanting to make people feel bad or bully them if they are upset over something. I suppose it's the fact I know just because someone is upset over something I wouldn't be, doesn't make their feelings wrong. Thankfully we have a report button to report inappropriate posts.

It took you 5200 posts to realize this. In fact didn't you have to pass the "Perfect Parent" aptitude test to post here?