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As a parent one is deciding about any other hairstyle for one's child, why would it be different with dreads? =) To me dreads is just a hairstyle among many other hairstyles.
Oh wow, I didn't hear about that one. That's assault, plain and simple! And the fact that the student was first nations, that's even worse considering their history of treatment in schools. I hope the teachers involved got adequately punished? Island Mamma said:This got me thinking about a horrible incident that happened here in Ontario, Canada over a year ago. There was a teachers aid who was always on this boys case about his long hair, she sent a note home about it and everything. The parents are native and don't force cuts on their children and let the school know that. The friggin TA went and forcibly cut the boys hair!!!! WTF could you imagine??/ I don't know what I would do if that was my child. Why do people give a flying fuck about other peoples hair anyway?
This is beautiful Island Mamma:D she's adorable too by the way.
Island Mamma said:She is very verbal and vocal and expresses herself well beyond her years, she isn't your typical 3 year old in a lot of ways. Kiah adores dreads from the first photo she saw she loved them and I asked if thats what she wanted she said yes. I realize it may be hard for some to imagine but if you met her it wouldn't be hard to understand these words at all and in fact you probably couldn't imagine her any other way.
She sing songs about her dreads and talks to mine. It's in her nature. It isn't a cool trend to her or me. It's about freedom.
Here's The Most RecentPicture
And some older ones
Sadly I don't have pictures with my 2 other favorite suspenders, a blue one and a Dark browinsh green one I have :/
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.