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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:31 AM
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My daughter took her kid scissors yesterday and
totally hacked her beautiful hair all to hell yesterday.

I got home and my wife was in tears holding a box of hair.

This is the third time she's done this and it gets worse each time. She's officially lost her scissors privileges until she's 18. I dread the day she gets her hands on my electric hair trimmer!

I've been told by others that they and/or their kids have done this - and I know it will grow back and all - but until it does I'll have to explain to everyone why she has hair like Moe from the Three Stooges after sticking it in a wood chipper. Sigh...

Anyone else had this happen?

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yella_dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:34 AM
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1. Sure. I've been throught this...
Both personally and with my kids. But not three times each. Perchance you should be more emphatic about the undesirable consequences of self-barbering.

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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:35 AM
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2. maybe
you guys should keep her hair short....i once cut my bangs when i was 8...t'was awful
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BruinAlum Donating Member (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:35 AM
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3. ROTFL!
Aren't kids adorable.:D
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:36 AM
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4. How old is she?
Many kids do that - even boys. It'll grow ;)
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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:38 AM
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6. just turned four.
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madmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:39 AM
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7. Normal 4 year old behavior
Take pictures...someday you'll laugh about this. :hug:
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:49 PM
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21. My daughter was four when she removed
One of her ponytails. I was soooo sad, but it grew back and now it's one of our fond memories of what childhood is all about. She will soon be six and I already miss some of those more "innocent" moments. Take lots of pictures and keep a smile on your face-- life is too short (no pun intended).
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:37 AM
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5. Hair grows
Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 11:40 AM by coalminersdaughter
Your daughter will eventually learn not to cut her hair. Please don't take scissors away from her. Learning to cut is an important step in child development. This is just one of those minor bumps in life. Just chill and let your daughter get on with being a kid. She needs to learn the eye/hand skills that go along with cutting. You may need to supervise her while she has scissors, but don't take them away from her.
cmd, former kindergarten teacher

edit: I have seen dozens of kid cuts in my 30+ years in the classroom. It's normal behavior in the best of kids.
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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:42 AM
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11. I know. And she really digs
using them. Just can't turn your back when she has a pair though...
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Mistress Quickly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:40 AM
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8. My son
cut a big "V" into his hair, just grabbed a bunch in the front and whacked it off. Luckily with boys we just shaved his head.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:40 AM
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9. I think all kids have done that at one time or another.
I have a photo that my mother took of me when I was about 4 years old where I had cut my bangs off right down to the roots.
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SaddenedDem Donating Member (447 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:42 AM
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10. Easy solution
After my daughter did it the 2nd time, I started taking her to the beauty shop once a week.

This allowed the beautician to help her understand how much prettier her hair was when she use a BRUSH rather than scissors.

She never took the scissors to her hair again and it cost me all of $5.00 for a weekly shampoo and blow dry.
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Rabbit of Caerbannog Donating Member (742 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:44 AM
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12. My wife took her to the shop down the road for
a "mercy hair restoration". I'll suggest the once a week idea. Thanks
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:44 AM
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13. My son did this 3 times
after the 3rd time I threatened to shave him bald.

He never did it again.

(Of course, now that he's 16, he may not consider being shaved bald such a threat.)
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Lefta Dissenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:48 AM
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14. Just you wait...
Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 11:53 AM by Vote_Clark_In_WI
(don't you just hate it when people say that???)

My daughter, now 20, got home from having her beautiful red hair trimmed the other day, and said that the owner of the salon told her she should do hair-modeling, because her hair is so lovely. (Doesn't that sound like great career advice???)

Anyway, that got my daughter and me reminiscing about when she was in 7th grade and dyed a chunk of her hair BLACK. Ughh. I can still remember how UGLY it looked, to have this gorgeous red hair 'destroyed' by that big blob of black dye.

It took FOREVER for it to grow out! I'd much rather face the scissors - at least you can doctor it into a short 'do'!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:49 AM
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15. *raises hand* it's universal.
Mine did it only once, though. And that was because Mom was combing her at the mirror, she had to get out for one second and there was a scissor at arm's reach. Because that, you know, was the proper place for doing things with one's hair.

Mom is a bit more careful now.

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radwriter0555 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 11:58 AM
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16. Obviously she's going to be a hair dresser when she grows up..
or she just wants short hair.

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veganwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:23 PM
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17. braid it, ponytails etc.
and make scisscor time supervised.
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:30 PM
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18. My son did this right after getting a haircut once
Let your daughter explain it to people IMHO.
They do have kiddy scissors that won't cut hair .
They barely cut paper though .

I told my son that there is a special school
for cutting hair .

Also you could go buy a bunch of dolls let your
daughter play hair salon , supervised of course .

that way she can get it out of her system and
express her hair cutting creativity :shrug:
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:37 PM
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19. My boys have all cut their hair at least once.
The first time I cried, the rest of the times I laughed.

They are still so handsome aren't they!



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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:44 PM
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20. They are so cute
What a lovely family you have ...
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:56 PM
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23. You know
They truly are good kids, too. My husband and I are incredibly proud of them. They are nice, polite, they are good to each other and their friends, they are respectful of others feelings. It is their future that I am fighting for right now, not mine and that is why this election scares the crap out of me!

Thank you so much for the nice compliment!
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:05 PM
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27. My son and his future is why I'm here too
Edited on Thu Feb-19-04 01:06 PM by proud patriot
:loveya: here's to the Future :toast:

May we leave them a better world than was left to us
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:18 PM
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29. That's what it is all about!
I'll drink to that! Hell, I would gladly drink til I was drunk if I could repeatedly make that toast!

:toast: :hug:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 07:40 PM
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35. Are two of them twins??
I had three little blond stairstep boys too.. :sniff :cry:
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morningglory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:51 PM
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22. I can just hear the thundering hoofbeats of those boys running
around the house. Beautiful!
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:58 PM
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24. Yes, little games like hide-n-go-seek turn into wrestling matches!
They can't just say "I found you" they have to tackle each other in the process.

Our youngest boy has been protecting me from the invisible monkeys that are in our house today. He had been karate chopping and kicking "air" all day. It is rather funny!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:02 PM
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26. Yes, they really are
And what a great pic! Kids rule. :)
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lovedems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 01:12 PM
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28. Thank You!
Like I said, we are very proud of them!

:hi:
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 07:31 PM
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33. Adorable.
I have two little boys, both blond like yours. I wish I could have more. I need to get their pictures on a server so I can post them.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 12:58 PM
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25. My kids have done this too
But not so much that I notice. If they hadn't told me I'd never have realized it (apparently they just cut teeny little bits).

We always tell them how beautiful their hair is, so maybe that's why they don't cut it themselves. Also my husband teasingly takes the scissors and pretends like he'll cut it and they flinch and say NO!

My older daughter wants her hair cut short but is waiting for me to take her to the hairdresser.

Good luck! My lil bro did that when he was younger and we still joke about it to this day. :)
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:18 PM
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30. I had long hair until 2nd or 3rd grade and I hated it!
I never cut it though. I'm from the kind of family that would have beaten the crap out of me if I had. I stopped doing school work because I couldn't stand it. Mom finally cut it, but it just grew back, and it happened again. Then she finally said, go ahead do it however you want, and I was happy. Maybe your little one just hates her long hair. For a kid, short hair is way more manageable. It's not getting in the way when she's trying to do something, and she doesn't have to worry about it getting caught in anything, etc. The beauty shop is a great idea. She'll think she's special when you do it. She'll love it. Kids are great. And to those of you that posted pictures: Those are just beautiful children. Kids rock!
Duckie
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Throckmorton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 02:18 PM
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31. I had to ban my daughter from scissors at 4,
she did a great hack job on her hair. Even today, at 7 1/2, she is restricted to using them in the kitchen only.

My first clue that she had done it was the sinking feeling I got when I found a wad of her hair on the livingroom floor.
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 07:00 PM
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32. My mother kept my hair pretty much crewcut til I was 12
and I hated it, but I still cut chunks out of it whenever I got my hands on scissors. I cut doll hair, the dog's hair, any hair I got close to. I guess because they were razor-cutting mine every two weeks, I thought ALL hair - including doll hair - would grow back that fast.

Hair's temporary. Cut it brutally short and forget about it. Wait until she's a teenager. You should see the cuts my stepsons (17 and 20) have given themselves over the years - skunk-cuts, mohawks, reverse mohawks, fades, buzzcuts, bowlcuts, baldies - it all grows back. If she does a really horrendous job of it and you make her explain when people ask why she looks like a hedgehog, she'll remember it and maybe give the scissors a rest next time.

(I grew my hair long as soon as my mother quit razor-cutting it. She still hates my long hair, and I'm 44 now.)
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 07:37 PM
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34. My oldest cut his brother's hair ..the night before school pictures
Right to the scalp ..right in front :(

They all do it.:(
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