When did you start letting your dd.......

[First-timer]

shave her legs????? my dd 16 started at age 12 .........now my dd 10 is asking to shave now!!!! she is embarrased because of the hair on her legs.... she says she will not wear shorts till i let her shave....... just courious when you started letting your dd shave?????

 

[Tybug]

It was when she came and asked me. Similar scenario to your second DD. If I remember correctly, it was somewhere around age 11 or 12.

 

[monsterkitty]

Why not let her shave her legs? If she will not wear shorts until she can shave, then the hair is an issue. Maybe not to you or to anyone else, but it is to her. If shaving will help a pre-teen feel better about herself, then let her do it. It is only hair.

 

[singingpixie]

Well, I don't have kids yet, but I was 11 when I started. I was in cheerleading and all the other girls shaved, and it was obvious when I was wearing the skirt all the time. That said, she let me shave that summer but I don't think I shaved at all from that fall to the following spring. It lost its appeal really fast. I think that if she's uncomfortable, you should let her. As hard as it is to think of her growing up, there's really no harm to her in letting her shave, and it'll make her more comfortable with herself as she's going into puberty.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

My dd is only 6, but I'll let her shave her legs when she's old enough to be embarrassed about them...whenever that may be. My mother didn't want me to shave until I was 13. I started shaving at 9 and had to sneak it. I was already really hairy by then (stupid Italian genes ). My mother was upset at first, but then said she understood and all was well. I refuse to put an age restriction on it.

 

[mickeyboat]

I was 11 or 12. When my girls are old enough to know the hair on their legs bothers them, I will let them shave.

Denae

 

[punkin]

DD14 started the summer before her 12th B-day (I always said not before 12, but she really needed it so I caved). DD8 asked to shave her legs last week. I said "absolutely not." I wouldn't trust her with a razor at that age and her legs are NOT hairy. I said "not until you are 12." We'll see how long that lasts.

 

[Skatermom23]

Why not let her shave her legs? If she will not wear shorts until she can shave, then the hair is an issue. Maybe not to you or to anyone else, but it is to her. If shaving will help a pre-teen feel better about herself, then let her do it. It is only hair.

That's pretty much how I feel. DD asked to shave the summer between 6th and 7th grade. In 7th grade they have to dress out for PE and she wanted the hair gone!

Along the same lines, DD had asked to wax her eyebrows and I kept putting her off until I realized it was just hair! What a confidence boosting that was! Silly I know, but to her it was everything...

 

[tink1978]

I don't have a daughter....but I remember when I was her age. I asked my parents all the time to let me shave when I was 10, because all my friends did and I had brown hair on my legs...it would have been a little different if it was blonde hair. But, my parents made me wait until I was 11!

 

[Grumpy's Gal]

let her! If it will make her feel better......whats' the harm?

And to answer your question, my daughter was TWO YEARS OLD when she soaped up her leg in the tub and took a plastic baskin robbins spoon and "shaved" for the first time. It was hillarious! (she often came into the bathroom to visit with me while I was in the tub. If she had watched a little more closely......she would have realized the PINK thing I had in my hand was a daisy razor and not a pink baskin robbins spoon!)

 

[sugarpie]

Well, I remember when I shaved my legs for the first time.

My mom thought I was too young. I think I was in 5th or 6th grade. I took one of my mom's razors, locked myself in the bathroom and shaved my legs DRY - no water, no shaving cream, nothing. I took most of my skin off, but I was hairless.

She let me shave my legs after that incident.

 

[ElizK]

I let my daughters shave as soon as they were old enough to be embarrassed by their hairy legs. DD14 was 10, DD11 was a couple weeks shy of being 10. My mom wouldn't let me shave until I was 13! I was the only one wearing knee socks to PE because I was hairy!

 

[CathrynRose]

Granted, I have boys - but I say let her do it.

I had a girlfriend who had a daughter who was 'hairy'. She just happened to be harrier than the average 9 y/o at the time... and she begged her mom. Geez, I was over there one day when she got off the school bus and came in just sobbing after being made fun of on the bus. I mean just unconsolable crying.

Her mom and dad just wouldnt budge. I even said to my g/f later - what is wrong?? Who cares, just let her do it!! They were like no, not until (I think they said) she is 14! By 14 the girl would look like a monkey - seriously.

So, she stopped wearing shorts or skirts ever - in fact she's like 15 now, and I dont think she wears them even now, and she is allowed to shave - but she's THAT uncomfortable in her skin because of all that.

You know, I wanted to pull her aside give her a razor and tell her 'just do it' - honestly.

She ended up, i think the following summer - just doing it. And she was in HUGE trouble...but they did let her do it after that.

 

[DaisyD]

As soon as my oldest DD expressed her embarassment about the hair on her legs I let her shave them. I never understood making a girl wait til she is older. It isn't some sort of right of passage. It's hair for goodness sakes!

 

[Lizzy2]

Whenever she decides she needs to within reason-meaning that I think she can do it and not open up a vein Seriously though, I don't know why Mom's didn't let their daughters do it sooner or as needed all I know is it seemed to be a big deal and I was told not until I was 13. Maybe at some point in history it was considered trashy to shave? Let a kid shave is small potatoes next to her being teased and self-concious. Puberty is hard enough.

 

[stinkerbelle's mom]

My dd started at 11.

One of my nieces had the "terrible misfortune" of having a razor fall onto her and shave both of her legs at 7 or 8.

 

[Cindyluwho]

My DD was 12 when she asked me about shaving her legs. I let her feel mine 2 days after having shaved. EWWWW, stubble!! I told her she could shave if she wanted or have them waxed. She chose waxing. We only do it once ever 3 months or so. If you start waxing before you shave the pain is not so bad. It's no picnic, but not like after you've been shaving for 30 years! Those roots are really "rooted" after shaving for awhile. My DD has dark hair, but not as hairy as me, thank goodness!

 

[MAKmom]

I think 9 or 10 is fine if they are embarrassed. The culture in America is hairless.

BYW the girls are shaving arms now too.

 

[First-timer]

im thinking i am going to let her shave but im afraid that she will cut herself.....i wonder if i should invest in one of those electric razors or just go right for the regular razor??? thanks for all the input..... vicki

 

[coolbeans]

DD started shaving last summer (just turned 11 in February) and went all winter without shaving, just a spring-summer thing for her. She shaves her armpits too now, not as much last summer but she "needs" to now. (sorry I am a little funny about the hair.. )