I have come to realize that parents who engage in gentle parenting have
a lot to learn when it comes to teaching your child healthy hair habits. I think I benefited from what could be called gentle parenting Boomer style coming from an afrocentric household. My parents were moderate, even cool, compared to other people’s experiences!
I wanted to discuss teaching your child healthy hair habits because I have had many instances of
children (more so girls), whose parents have never taught them how to care for their hair. Most requests are for detangling matted hair. Usually, these kids are in age ranges of 8-13. I find it is around age 12 -13 when parents first have their trials and tribulations about how successful they were at gentle parenting.
Unfortunately, one of the problems with gentle parenting are parents who wish to be friends with
their child. Many parents are terrified of checking their child’s hair daily. This results in parents who cannot ask children about their hair and cannot visit their rooms to see how they are managing, until there is a matted ball. In typical children’s behaviour, the parent is unaware until all the back is tangled. They visit the salon expecting the stylist to detangle it without any pulling or pain.
I have no quarrel with gentle parenting except
I feel parents need to establish clear boundaries when dealing with children. Teaching your kids healthy hair habits involve:
- Teaching your child how to wash their hair
- Help them learn when the hair needs to be washed
- How to comb out their hair
- How to do a simple style that can help them through the day.
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It is your duty as a parent to make time for teaching your child healthy hair habits. Many girls will still end up in maternal roles if you are that new wife or girlfriend despite what the media says. Many men have now been cast in these roles because divorce and separations are a regular thing in today’s society. I cannot tell you how many men call when the child’s hair is a mess giving the excuse that “the mom usually took care of it”. If you are not caring for the child’s hair yourself, then you better have a budget set aside to do so.
By Paula Barker, Silkie Locks Hair Design
Books: “Talking Hair”, “Filling My Head” & “Dreadlocks – A Hairstylist’s Manifest”.
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