Okay.....I've asked this before, though not in a thread format.
What's your opinion on using hair relaxers on girls aging 5 and 6yrs old?
One has hair that's very tightly curled.......The other has very thin hair, just doesn't grow so fast. They don't like their hair in braids, as they cry and complain after a few hours that it's too tight. (And this is when it's been done very slightly, so we've tried the 'looser route'.) They want their hair in simple styles...being pigtails or top-knots...sometimes, simple braids on one, or banded in the other.
We live in the country...even on a farm....and it's NOT unusual for them to have alfalfa, grass, etc in their hair at the end of the day, KWIM? This ISN'T your typical environment...so hair in neat, little, dainty styles isn't exactly practical.
Still, we belong to a church that has many transracial adoptive families, as well as a more diverse population. I know the girls see others with more elaborate styles...which involve a straightener; but I'm also told by other AA women (when out and about) that they have 'good hair'. With that in mind, I've purchased a 'no-dye' relaxer, but in many ways, I
hate to get that started, given their ages.
Further, there's just something in me that cries in wondering 'why their hair has to look like CC hair, when they actually have well-taken-care-of AA hair that happens to be tighter curled than some'? Does anyone understand where I'm coming from on this?
Just seems that their hair is part of who they are....and changing 'what it is'.......well, KWIM?????
Thanks ahead of time for replies...
Sincerely,
Linny