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?

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

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.

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.

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

"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

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.

"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.

"Welches" wrote:


"Donna Metler" wrote in message
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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.

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