My daughter loves wearing my wig

[AlwaysSearching]

Do you have young daughters? How do you convey to them to love and appreciate their beautiful natural hair when you wear wigs? She is 6 years old and too young to understand transitioning, lol!

She hates to get her hair combed, so one day she says, "mommy, just let me wear a wig to school!"

Have any of you experienced this?

I posted this in the new Social Group I started, Wig-A-Licious. Please take a look and join if you are interested. Would love to have you!

 

[Charz]

I think it's cute, it's like a costume!

 

[B3e]

Age is a number and maturity is a mindset so don't shy away from talking to her str8 about hair care...transitioning et al.

I have 6yr old sister who after having her hair relaxed for 1yr had decided to transition. She told me it hurts to detangle and she loves her hair straight and easy to comb in her..."down hair" style. I showed her my newly BCed hair a few months ago and told her what I was learning and showed her pictures of natural hair and told her of options like texlaxing and also the benefits of a good moisturizer/conditioner for detangling unruly hair.

She's very receptive and permitted her hair to be braided in individuals for the first time in her life as well as with extensions (yarn actually, but she's never had anything fake in her hair). She has APL length hair which would be well past BSL by now if not from not taking care of her relaxed hair and taking it off her shoulders more.

Anyways...my point is...don't be afraid to just sit her down and be honest about hair with her. She admires you and will listen, the wig love stems from seeing you with it, you should just let her know why you wear it and why she should love her hair even when there are such options.

You'd be surprised...I remember asking my mum why her hair was colored (age 5) and her telling me because she thought it was cool but she regretted the color choice and consequent damage...haven't colored my hair as a result. Cool does not equal healthy and that's what I took from that conversation. There's nothing more relieving than being spoken to as an equal...at any age. people are more receptive when they know their not having their intelligence undermined.

 

[AlwaysSearching]

Charz, that's exactly what I tell my husband because he can't stand it! Wanji, great suggestion. I have spoken to her, but never sat her down and showed her pictures, etc. I will do that as well. Thanks

 

[brucebettye]

I see nothing wrong with it. I don't have any kids but my niece loves to put on her mother's wigs at home. But she hates anything on her head for too long so she never asks to wear it outside. She is 4 years old by the way.

 

[ChristmasCarol]

That's so funny! I just uploaded some pics of myself as a child - I had a wig I played with all the time. I wasn't allowed to have my hair hotcombed, so Mom gave me a straightish wig:

This was my natural hair:

BTW: I looooved my natural hair and was very unhappy when it was relaxed just a few months after this picture was taken. I only liked playing with wigs, I never thought they were as fabulous as my own hair.

I don't think there's anything wrong with a little girl wanting to wear a wig, as long as she loves her own hair.

 

[L.Brown1114]

i used to play in my grandmas wigs all the time when i was 5 and 6! now im natural and loving it (i was going to texlax but decided against it) kids are just trying to figure out who they are