why are bad hair days considered cute on little girls?
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Topic: why are bad hair days considered cute on little girls?
Posted By: duke
Subject: why are bad hair days considered cute on little girls?
Date Posted: Apr 20, 2001 at 1:00pm
I don`t want to make too big a deal out of this, but have you noticed that some people do their very
little girls` hair in rather wierd ways? For example, many people cut bangs straight across their
daughters` forehead. Why? This way of wearing hair is often considered hideous on older girls.
It needlessly makes their hair high maintenance. Also, some people seem to love putting their
little girls` short hair in too-little ponytails. I saw one such girl, maybe 2 or 3, the other day. Her
hair was probably about chin length, but was put up in 2 bushy ponytails sticking right up, with
lots of shaggy stuff below them. I don`t think many grown women would be caught on the street
with such a pathetic looking style. Similarly, a little girl with bobbed hair I saw a while back had
a small ponytail sectioned out of each side of the head, which clashed with the bob - it looked like she was growing little horns. It`s plain to me that people want their daughters to look cute, but it looks
silly, it almost makes me think of child neglect Do people think their wee girls are not living, breathing
humans, but Barbie dolls!?
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Replies: 9
Posted By: duke
Date Posted: Apr 20, 2001 at 1:00pm
I don`t want to make too big a deal out of this, but have you noticed that some people do their very
little girls` hair in rather wierd ways? For example, many people cut bangs straight across their
daughters` forehead. Why? This way of wearing hair is often considered hideous on older girls.
It needlessly makes their hair high maintenance. Also, some people seem to love putting their
little girls` short hair in too-little ponytails. I saw one such girl, maybe 2 or 3, the other day. Her
hair was probably about chin length, but was put up in 2 bushy ponytails sticking right up, with
lots of shaggy stuff below them. I don`t think many grown women would be caught on the street
with such a pathetic looking style. Similarly, a little girl with bobbed hair I saw a while back had
a small ponytail sectioned out of each side of the head, which clashed with the bob - it looked like she was growing little horns. It`s plain to me that people want their daughters to look cute, but it looks
silly, it almost makes me think of child neglect Do people think their wee girls are not living, breathing
humans, but Barbie dolls!?
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Posted By: dianefromcanada
Date Posted: Apr 20, 2001 at 1:06pm
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Reply to message: viewthread.asp?forum=AMB%5FAP121551672&id=3341&page=1#10.3341.1 - 10.3341.1 Sorry but I was off my chair laughing so hard. The thing is even BArbie doll wouldn`t be caught that way.
$!!, B`gla`d`d
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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: Apr 21, 2001 at 12:38pm
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Reply to message: viewthread.asp?forum=AMB%5FAP121551672&id=3341&page=1#10.3341.1 - 10.3341.1 I think it`s a similar thing to what I was saying before about people with special needs - people just don`t think they are worth bothering with too much. In the case of children, it is obvious that these cuts/styles are "home-made" with predictably disastrous results. People seem to think that high fringes are cool, (which they`re not unless you`re Mia Farrow) and also seem to think that a bowl cut and a bob are the same thing. I`m going to suggest that we have a "hair police" with special powers to fine irresponsible parents lol .0 ),
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Posted By: dianefromcanada
Date Posted: Apr 21, 2001 at 10:52pm
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Reply to message: viewthread.asp?forum=AMB%5FAP121551672&id=3341&page=1#10.3341.1 - 10.3341.1 Dear Duke:
I was thinking of you in church this evening and couldn`t help laughing within because right in front of me was this very cute little girl that wasn`t even two years old and a handful of her hair was tied in a ponytail and it was sticking right up but you know what? Her mom did the same thing to herself. It was cute lol$!!, B`gla`d`d
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Posted By: ponytailhead
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2001 at 11:44am
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ive noticed the small ponytail thing a lot lately,when i was in wal mart yesterday there was a woman that wore a tight ponytail with her little girl and i think she tried to create the same look on her daughter but failed,the girl had really short lightblonde hair that was all tied in a little ponytail that was exteremely tight,the scalp was visible all aroud and underneath the ponytail there was not a trace of hair,just skin,without the ponytail the little girl looked bald,but i guess it was cute cause they both tried the tight ponytailed look :) ! ! B fdad `d ), ,` /.$b"
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Posted By: Kimberlina
Date Posted: Jun 12, 2001 at 11:41pm
I work in a supermarket part time, and I see a lot of this kinda stuff going on. Half the time I think that it`s just because the kid wants to do their own hair and I think that the pretty weird hair style is the result.
Personally, I see nothing wrong with parents cutting their kid`s hair though, as long as they don`t try to fully style it! My friend cuts her 10 year sister`s hair and it looks perfectly fine. On little kids, like preschoolers, I think a no fuss bob is great. -- Phe ade a $ .,`p (,b` ,(,! $ -- %!$ `` !
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Posted By: glitterjess
Date Posted: Sep 25, 2001 at 3:25pm
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Hmm... well as someone else said they may be fixing their own hair and thats why its look that way. Or they see mommy wearing a pony tail and try to fix it that way and the mother doesn`t want to hurt her childs feelings by telling them it looks bad or messy. While I don`t think little girls should have to mess with rollers, blowdryers or curly or straightening irons their hair should still look nice. A little combing and a clip will do!
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Posted By: kat_02
Date Posted: Nov 11, 2001 at 10:24am
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I think most of it has to with the fact that parents don`t have time to worry about how their kids hair looks. Honestly, most parents are just happy if their kid`s hair is brushed everyday. And little kids don`t even care, so why bother? , )!
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Posted By: duke
Date Posted: Nov 12, 2001 at 8:43am
My point is not to do things to little girls that make them look silly. A ponytail sectioned out of a bob is
so cheezy, and it is clear that the only reason why some parents do their girls` hair this way is because
they find it cute. I hate bangs cut straight on a forehead, and I think it is dumb that many parents have their
kids` hair cut this way. I`m just saying, don`t treat your kids as if they were dolls to be played on. My point
is not that you should go to great lengths to style their hair, but not to make them look kitchy-"cute".
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Posted By: phil
Date Posted: Jan 20, 2002 at 5:15pm
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Another reason can be that having the hair "up" means that the child is less prone to catching head lice. No, don`t laugh; it still happens in the UK - not long ago we still used to have big matronly "nit nurses" who used to perform random inspections with big combs. Anyone caught used to be temporarily removed from the classroom and given the smelly oil treatment, or had their head shaved. I`m not making this up!0 ),
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