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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use
styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? |
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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:07:05 -0600, "Donna Metler"
wrote: I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. I do not personally know of any preschoolers whose parents use products on their hair. And all preschoolers messy hair at the end of the day, unless their hair is extremely short. Marie |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:00:15 -0500, Marie wrote:
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:07:05 -0600, "Donna Metler" wrote: I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. I do not personally know of any preschoolers whose parents use products on their hair. And all preschoolers messy hair at the end of the day, unless their hair is extremely short. Marie I see a lot of boys who seem to have something in their hair to make them spiky or hold the part. |
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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
On Jan 15, 10:07*pm, "Donna Metler" wrote:
I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? Well, I don't even use hairstyling products and very little makeup, so I can't imagine it on kids. Hairspray would scare me actually as the aerosol isn't exactly the safest thing around.... I think it's totally inappropriate, but I've also never seen it. I just can't imagine. |
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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
On Jan 15, 8:07*pm, "Donna Metler" wrote:
I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? Definitely not my style but I don't think there's anything morally wrong with doing so. My 4y/o daughter wears "makeup" more than I do. Granted, it's no more than lip gloss, a brush of blush from Nana, or the occasional painted nails, but she's a very girly girl and was thrilled to pieces when she got her own nail polish and a few different "lipsticks" in her stocking. Don't know where she gets it -- definitely not her parents -- but I'm not above humoring her if it's something she really enjoys. Kate, ignorant foot soldier of the medical cartel and the Bug, 4 years old and something brewing, 4/08 |
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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
"Donna Metler" wrote in message . .. I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? I have used detangling spray on the hair for a time, and hairspray during ballet shows. Wouldn't use it at other times. #1's hair is long and wavy and I notice her hair by the end of the day is more wayward than those with very straight hair. Debbie |
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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
On Jan 15, 10:07 pm, "Donna Metler" wrote:
I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? I use leave in conditioner on a daily basis for me and both my girls (preschoolers). They have very thick curly hair. I also paint their nails on request. I rarely wear make up and I pretend to apply to them when they ask me. Same with perfume. They always have cracked lips so I got tired of reminding them to use chapstick. So I finally bought them one of those colorful sparkly chapsticks. They picked their colors so their lips are a bit better now. Growing up I was a nerd and I still don't know how to properly wear makeup. If my girls are better than me at that, I don't mind. |
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"Donna Metler" wrote in message . .. I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? My daughters bangs are in a weird growing stage, I sometimes use a very light mouse to keep her bangs out of her eyes while they are growing out. |
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"Welches" wrote:
"Donna Metler" wrote in message ... I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? I have used detangling spray on the hair for a time, and hairspray during ballet shows. Wouldn't use it at other times. #1's hair is long and wavy and I notice her hair by the end of the day is more wayward than those with very straight hair. Debbie I don't think there is any problem with using conditioner (most of the shampoo I see in various hotels now has conditioner in it). I don't know about the hairspray - I guess I wouldn't have a hairstyle on a kid that would need it. Styling gel or something like that seems like a different category to me. DD#1's hair was EXTREMELY curly. People used to ask me if I had given her a permanent. I hadn't - it was that way naturally. DD#2's hair was wavy and thick and tended to bleach in the sun. People would ask me if I bleached streaks in it. I didn't. My own hair was, at that time, long and fine textured and I wore it in a bun. My mom tried to give me a permanent when I was in elementary school but it was a disaster then and always was whenever I got one. Anyway, I've never done anything in particular to my hair, and have stopped wearing makeup. My girls have naturally curly/wavy hair and they mostly just get it cut, although dd#2 has got some grey in her hair now which she covers by dying it and streaking it the way it used to be when she was a kid (she's 44 now). DD#1 has just gone naturally quite silver - I think it looks good that way. |
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Hairspray, Mousse etc for little kids?
On Jan 16, 1:07 pm, "Donna Metler" wrote:
I've been surprised several times when parents have mentioned they use styling products on their children's hair-and I'm talking preschoolers here. Not for special occasions, but for every day. And, I must admit, at the end of playing on the playground, their children look a lot neater than mine (who usually has lost her bands from her braids or ponytail holder by then. But I've always thought of hairspray, etc, as being like make-up. Something that isn't appropriate for children, and that is kind of a "rite of passage" into womenhood (which, in my case, lasted through high school, and somewhere in college I gave up the elaborate hairstyles and makeup in favor of things which were simple, easy, and looked neat and well groomed without taking hours to put together). Am I just out of touch? Some parents use mousse or hairspray in an attempt to deter head lice. If the child's hair isn't loose in any way it's supposed to help. The one time my daughter had headlice was after the only day she's ever gone to preschool with merely a ballet headband in her hair rather than pony tails so I can see some sense in the idea of using hairspray or mousse for that purpose. I've used some wax on her hair in the past but that was usually because it was still on my hands after doing my own hair and it really didn't do much at all about keeping her hair in the pony tails. Cheryl |
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