Would you put Dreads on your Child?
General Talk
So if you decided to forfeit the combing, and conditioning knowing that dreads would occur, isn't that still making the decision for her?Please don't take this as a blow to you, or your child, I'm just trying to get it straight.Either way you're making a decision for your child, correct? I do indeed understand they can't make their own decisions at a young age, and any which way you put it, if you purposely do or don't do something, you're making a choice for them. Island Mamma said:
My daughter has dreads.
She is three.
I didn't put them there, they put themselves there.
I was constantly conditioning and pulling her dreads out for about two years and I finally had the realization that I was forcing her to be someone/thing she is not. It wasn't a matter of picking a hair style for my kid, it picked her, she's a natural born dread.
I decided to dread along with her not her along with me, if that makes sense.
I let her hair be and it is SO BEAUTIFUL and she adores it, and so does everyone else.
The maintenance we have is minimal. She is natural.
I pick out lint (she wont wear a tam or wrap) separate and applying shea butter about once a week. Her hair gets washed whenever needed.
As far as peoples ignorance well we'll deal with it if and when it comes.