My 5 year old daughter cut her hair

Originally Posted by mbjerkness

She has the most beautiful thick hair I have ever seen. She not only cut the bangs, she cut the top. Her hair was beautiful waist length ringlets.

I was so angry with her I left the room. I knew I would say something that couldn't be taken back. I have always told her if she wants it cut. I would take her to the hairdresser. I know it is only hair. It will grow back. I am so upset right now.

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Originally Posted by mbjerkness

I am not as upset as I was. The haircut is worse than I thought. She cut one inch stripe down the center of her head, to about 1/2 inch long. I am waiting for the hairdresser to open. I don't care whether she has long or short hair. I never have. I asked her why she didn't tell me she wanted her hair cut. She said " I can do it myself "

Little Miss independent

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Glad to hear that you've calmed down now. I can completely understand why you were upset. My daughter at 7 decided to cut the tangle out of her hair because she was tired of brushing it. Luckily it was only a chunk on the top that I could cover by pulling her hair into a ponytail.

Sounds like she is growing up..... too fast eh

Originally Posted by GailC

can you donate the hair to the Locks of Love program for cancer patients??

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Originally Posted by strange_wings

I think this is a great idea. The hair needs to be at least 10 inches long.

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Ohhhh, great idea, and thx for posting about the length.... I didn't know that and my DD has said that once her hair is down below her butt, she wants to donate some of it. Right now it is just shy of 3ft from scalp to end, and so healthy. I would love her hair.... her only problem with it is that it is straight.

Originally Posted by Yosemite

Our daughter did that as well except she also gave our long-haired black cat a haircut as well. I guess she figured they could be a matched set.

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Originally Posted by NinaCaliente

Last summer, my six year old DD decided she wanted to be a hair stylist like her auntie, so she took out her round-tip school scissors and chopped off all of her very long hair (to less than an inch in some spots!). Not only that, but she did the same thing TO THE NEIGHBOR GIRL WHO WAS OVER PLAYING IN HER ROOM. So while I know you're upset, try to remember - it could be worse! And you WILL look back on it and laugh.

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I'm glad you you've handled it so well. That would be upsetting. Eventually you will probably laugh- but that's a heck of a shock. My brother gave me a 'haircut' when I was about four years old. I wish my mom had taken pictures!! I would love to see how bad it was now

I took picture. I will put them in her scrapbook with a clump of her hair. The hairdresser was almost in tears. Raina's bangs are now about 1" long. They had to take about 3" off the sides and back to fix it. The reverse mohawk will have to grow out. The hairdresser also sprayed her hair with glitter. She told her she looked like a princess. Apparently my Daughter is not the only budding hairdresser. They had two cousins one 4 and one 6 , last week they did each others hair. The Mom and Grandma were screaming at the girls the whole time. Telling them how awful they looked.

I'm so glad to hear you got a picture and kept some hair. It will be so much fun lots of years from now embarrassing all her friends and BFs! And you two will get to share some laughs and fond memories
Your hairdresser is smart ... hair glitter!

Originally Posted by mbjerkness

The Mom and Grandma were screaming at the girls the whole time. Telling them how awful they looked.

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That's awful. Children remember this sort of thing - it hurts. Hair simply isn't worth demeaning a person over.
I probably would have lost customers, but if someone did that to their children in a shop I was working at I would have spoken up.


Was her hair long enough to donate? And look at the bright side of this - spring and summer are coming up and it will be a bit cooler and lower maintenance (if she plays outside) than longer hair is.

Originally Posted by GailC

can you donate the hair to the Locks of Love program for cancer patients??

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Locks of Love is not a program for cancer patients.

It's for long term hairloss (cancer is short term, most of the time) like alopecia.

And the kids/people helped by the program do have to pay an amount for the wig, it isn't free.

Perhaps the Pantene program instead? I haven't heard too many bad things about that one.

Originally Posted by strange_wings

That's awful. Children remember this sort of thing - it hurts. Hair simply isn't worth demeaning a person over.

I probably would have lost customers, but if someone did that to their children in a shop I was working at I would have spoken up.


Was her hair long enough to donate? And look at the bright side of this - spring and summer are coming up and it will be a bit cooler and lower maintenance (if she plays outside) than longer hair is.

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There is only a clump that would be long enough. Right at the top of her head. I am going to put it in her scrapbook. I need to find some spray glitter. She absolutely loves the glitter.

Originally Posted by mbjerkness

There is only a clump that would be long enough. Right at the top of her head. I am going to put it in her scrapbook. I need to find some spray glitter. She absolutely loves the glitter.

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I think I found some of that at Target around Christmas...Disney Princess/type stuff.

I could be wrong but I think you can get it online at Amazon.com

Ah, it will grow back

Originally Posted by kluchetta

I think I found some of that at Target around Christmas...Disney Princess/type stuff.

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Originally Posted by lil maggie

I could be wrong but I think you can get it online at Amazon.com

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I am going to look around. I am sure I will find it somewhere. If it makes her feel like a princess, Then it is worth buying

Originally Posted by mbjerkness

There is only a clump that would be long enough. Right at the top of her head. I am going to put it in her scrapbook. I need to find some spray glitter. She absolutely loves the glitter.

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Do you have a Claire's (accessories) near you? They sell it and its $4.50 canadian and buy one get one half price. I work at Claire's and we sells tons of it.

Originally Posted by catlover19

Do you have a Claire's (accessories) near you? They sell it and its $4.50 canadian and buy one get one half price. I work at Claire's and we sells tons of it.

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Thank-You . There is one in the city. I will go there probably this weekend

Originally Posted by mbjerkness

Thank-You

. There is one in the city. I will go there probably this weekend

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Just make sure to get the silver glitter one. If they try to tell you the coloured ones are glitter, they are not. They are colour streaking hair spray and they can make a huge mess. I've seen employees say its hair glitter and it comes in the same type of container.

Originally Posted by twstychik

At least she didn't shave off an eyebrow!

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Does that mean YOU shaved an eyebrow off?? HEHEHEH. I HOPE SO since that'd mean I am not the only one who did this.. I SHAVED BOTH of my eyebrows off! My poor mom about had an heart attack when she saw me. She said I looked like an alien with no eyebrows and refused to have any pics taken of me until they grew back!

When she asked me why in the world I shaved my eyebrows, my response was - It was the only facial hair I had and I wanted to shave just like my daddy!!

Thankfully, my eyebrows grew back and aren't too bad looking.

Glad you left the scene. I also did this when I was young, long blonde hair, snip snip. It wasn't logical, but then again what about that age is logical?

Hee! It must be the age!

When my son was four, he cut his beautiful blonde hair in big clumps. Not only that he cut the dog's hair at the same time.

I have to admit that I did let out quite the shreek when I saw it, then booked him an appoinment asap at the hair dressers!

I have pictures. Somewhere.

Originally Posted by Pamela

Does that mean YOU shaved an eyebrow off?? HEHEHEH. I HOPE SO since that'd mean I am not the only one who did this..

I SHAVED BOTH of my eyebrows off! My poor mom about had an heart attack when she saw me. She said I looked like an alien with no eyebrows and refused to have any pics taken of me until they grew back!

When she asked me why in the world I shaved my eyebrows, my response was - It was the only facial hair I had and I wanted to shave just like my daddy!!

Thankfully, my eyebrows grew back and aren't too bad looking.

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Yes, that's exactly what it means. I wanted to shave but I hated the stubble on my mom's legs during the summer so I opted for the eyebrow.

Yikes! I bet that was a shock!

I wish I could find my cousin's family Christmas picture, when her son, Ryan, was 4 or 5 years old! The day before the photo session, he cut all the hair off the right side of his head (right down to skin.) The family picture is absolutely hilarious. Everyone is looking at the camera, but Ryan is a perfect side shot of the left side of his head!

Originally Posted by kluchetta

I just remembered...my daughter cut her hair and hid it in the couch. I'm a terrible mom; I didn't notice until I found the hair!

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Thank you, kluchetta! You have given me my biggest laugh so far today with that one! I so often feel like one of those "terrible moms", too.