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I saw a woman with her little girls a few days ago and they all had locks. The girls looked so cute, and their locks were crinkly as if they were recently taken out of braids. It made me think about whether or not I could do that when I do decide to have children. But it seems a bit unfair, locks are so permanent...Unless you decide to start over again. Even if its not with locks, Im all for keeping little girls natural for as long as possible, and instilling a love and appreciate of their hair.
How do you style your daughters natural hair? Cornrows/Beads? Ponytails& Barrettes? Locks? How will/have you deal/dealt with the pressure to straighten their hair as they approach they're tween/teen years?
I do braids, twists, a bun here and there, and today I did a wash and go on my daughter's hair. I will do more twist-outs and braid-outs as she gets older. She is requesting more straightened hair, which I won't do. But I will do more roller sets, which can be put into ponytails easily, to satisfy her yearning for more "out" hairstyles. In the summer, I will put some cornrows in. But for some reason, she hasn't wanted beads for the last few years.
I saw a woman with her little girls a few days ago and they all had locks. The girls looked so cute, and their locks were crinkly as if they were recently taken out of braids. It made me think about whether or not I could do that when I do decide to have children. But it seems a bit unfair, locks are so permanent...Unless you decide to start over again. Even if its not with locks, Im all for keeping little girls natural for as long as possible, and instilling a love and appreciate of their hair.
How do you style your daughters natural hair? Cornrows/Beads? Ponytails& Barrettes? Locks? How will/have you deal/dealt with the pressure to straighten their hair as they approach they're tween/teen years?
I don't have a daughter yet, but if and when I do, I will style her natural hair in all the ways mentioned above, and then if she wants to lock her hair when she gets older, then she can. I am completely against chemicals. Straight perms are damaging both physically and psychologically. Natural hair is always the best. There is a new book out called "Better Than Good Hair". There is a chapter on children's hair.
I agree that little girls should be encouraged to wear their hair natural and be proud of it. I'm a Latina from a country where there's still a lot of pressure about wearing hair straight, I think in part because they have not taken the time to LEARN how to deal with the different types of curls and waves over there. My mother had wavy but coarse hair and lots of it and when young she wore it natural and she looked good, but women in general love change and then she began chemically straightening it and that sort of thing can become addictive because it's too difficult too deal with two textures at the same time, AA ladies who have decided to go natural know what I'm talking about, many after a few months of that struggle just decide to go for what they call "the big chop".
And the best way to deal with all types of curly hair is using the no-shampoo routine or "Co-washing, which is referred to in other threads here. This will keep the curls moisturized and well defined when done correctly, so if you haven't tried it for yourself you might want to consider it, I have lots of links saved and after I check which ones are still current I could give you a couple of them so you can read more about it.
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uhh ohh, perhaps those kiddie perms are flying off the shelf, a higher rate than I initially thought...
