Would you let your 7 year old dye her hair purple?

Thanks, I will. :)
So will your child never wear make up? that's cosmetically altering themselves as well and technically so is cutting their hair or experimenting with different hair styles. If her friends all decided wearing pig tails every day was what was cool, would you ban your daughter from pig tails to fit in with her friends?
I'm just trying to figure out how a couple streaks of color is hurtful to a child's self image but make up and pig tails aren't?
Quoting USAFamily:
Well, I wouldn't entertain the thought of either until she is out of my house. So it doesn't matter anyway.
If my kid wants to have her hair cut anyway she desires--fine with me. But dying her hair is totally different and I think it would put the thought in her head that if she can dye her hair she may fit in better, or cosmetically change herself to be accepted in different social circles. Both not cool with me. But parent your kid how you want. It's not my child, and I have no opinion on your choices.
Quoting Dani_Lynn:
It's hair dye, not a boob job. It's a temporary way for them to creatively express themselves. I don't think a couple green streaks in my daughter's hair for field day is going to hurt her self image a bit.
Quoting USAFamily:
I would never let my 7 year old dye her hair any color. I think it's important to love your self the way you are adn I don't think teaching our kids to cosmetically change themselves in elementary school sets them up with a good self image.

I would let a 7yo do this, because I think of it as a really childish thing to do --like drawing all over your body with felt pens. Which my kids also did a lot when they were young. Here, we had black, blue, pink, red, purple, green and yellow hair. Oh, and white-blond.
Whenever I was confronted by someone of a conservative turn of mind who thought it was Just Wrong, I'd point out 'it's just hair.'
I always grin whenever I see women my age (and older) with funky-coloured hair. I can't help but think they're having a little childhood moment, now that they feel free to do so...

I'm not sure if she will wear make up. I personally didn't until I was almost 18 and to this day I wear very little. I don't let her even play with lip gloss now. It will be her choice one day (and so will coloring her hair). As long as it's my choice, I will not be allowing it.
Quoting Dani_Lynn:
Thanks, I will. :)
So will your child never wear make up? that's cosmetically altering themselves as well and technically so is cutting their hair or experimenting with different hair styles. If her friends all decided wearing pig tails every day was what was cool, would you ban your daughter from pig tails to fit in with her friends?
I'm just trying to figure out how a couple streaks of color is hurtful to a child's self image but make up and pig tails aren't?
Quoting USAFamily:
Well, I wouldn't entertain the thought of either until she is out of my house. So it doesn't matter anyway.
If my kid wants to have her hair cut anyway she desires--fine with me. But dying her hair is totally different and I think it would put the thought in her head that if she can dye her hair she may fit in better, or cosmetically change herself to be accepted in different social circles. Both not cool with me. But parent your kid how you want. It's not my child, and I have no opinion on your choices.
Quoting Dani_Lynn:
It's hair dye, not a boob job. It's a temporary way for them to creatively express themselves. I don't think a couple green streaks in my daughter's hair for field day is going to hurt her self image a bit.
Quoting USAFamily:
I would never let my 7 year old dye her hair any color. I think it's important to love your self the way you are adn I don't think teaching our kids to cosmetically change themselves in elementary school sets them up with a good self image.

Makeup was in the same category as hair dye: whatever.
I just can't imagine having an argument about it.
I didn't choose to draw up and down their legs with black felt pen... anymore than I chose to cover their eyelids in 3 colours of shadow... or paint their hair green or red. They thought it was 'fun' --it was easy to do and to change... and it all grew out and went away.
Both my kids grew out of unnatural-looking hair colours and makeup long before they were 15.
Quoting USAFamily:I'm not sure if she will wear make up. I personally didn't until I was almost 18 and to this day I wear very little. I don't let her even play with lip gloss now. It will be her choice one day (and so will coloring her hair). As long as it's my choice, I will not be allowing it.
Quoting Dani_Lynn:
Thanks, I will. :)
So will your child never wear make up? that's cosmetically altering themselves as well and technically so is cutting their hair or experimenting with different hair styles. If her friends all decided wearing pig tails every day was what was cool, would you ban your daughter from pig tails to fit in with her friends?
I'm just trying to figure out how a couple streaks of color is hurtful to a child's self image but make up and pig tails aren't?

Quoting USAFamily:I'm not sure if she will wear make up. I personally didn't until I was almost 18 and to this day I wear very little. I don't let her even play with lip gloss now. It will be her choice one day (and so will coloring her hair). As long as it's my choice, I will not be allowing it.
Quoting Dani_Lynn:
Thanks, I will. :)
So will your child never wear make up? that's cosmetically altering themselves as well and technically so is cutting their hair or experimenting with different hair styles. If her friends all decided wearing pig tails every day was what was cool, would you ban your daughter from pig tails to fit in with her friends?
I'm just trying to figure out how a couple streaks of color is hurtful to a child's self image but make up and pig tails aren't?
Quoting USAFamily:
Well, I wouldn't entertain the thought of either until she is out of my house. So it doesn't matter anyway.
If my kid wants to have her hair cut anyway she desires--fine with me. But dying her hair is totally different and I think it would put the thought in her head that if she can dye her hair she may fit in better, or cosmetically change herself to be accepted in different social circles. Both not cool with me. But parent your kid how you want. It's not my child, and I have no opinion on your choices.
Quoting Dani_Lynn:
It's hair dye, not a boob job. It's a temporary way for them to creatively express themselves. I don't think a couple green streaks in my daughter's hair for field day is going to hurt her self image a bit.
Quoting USAFamily:
I would never let my 7 year old dye her hair any color. I think it's important to love your self the way you are adn I don't think teaching our kids to cosmetically change themselves in elementary school sets them up with a good self image.
- MommyWeston
on Aug. 15, 2011 at 9:11 AMThis