If she didn't have highlights they probably would have taken the hair. Since many children get this hair, they probably stray away from small children having highlights. My friend had long hair which was relaxed and she was able to donate it to locks of love as well.
My mom liked the cut..she just said she would have to get used to it since for atleast 20 years i've had long hair. My dad thought it looked nice. Okay..one more person to show..my Grandma... and she's around 73 years old and has never cut her hair so this should be interesting.