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Kids learn what they see. When i was 10 i cryed my mom to get my hair relaxed, because my older cousin got one. I was surrounded by white girls with straight hair and i hated my hair because it was "too much" and hard to style. My whole family relaxed their hair but and aunt that is 2a.I can't speak for anyone else's kids but I will not be relaxing my daughter's hair. When she's old enough to ask for it I will explain to her why she doesnt get relaxers. Right now I have a hard time even imaging putting heat in her hair, but she's not even 2 yet. All of my reasons have been previously listed so I won't go into the details.
It is however going to be a struggle. I've been getting comments from female relatives since she was born about her "needing a perm". Not to mention my own husband who thinks cornrows and natural styles are generally "unprofessional". Comments like that just make me more determined to go natural myself and keep my daughter natural for as long as possible.
I got into an argument over my hair type before with some chick that accused me of wanting to be 3c...she told me I was wrong for classifying my hair since I wasn't natural...and I wouldn't know my hair type until then. She was one of those militant naturals who belongs in the "No such thing as healthy relaxed hair " thread-one who takes pride at persecuting all the "permies." :flyingwit {rolls eyes} So now I go by the words of Ms. Counselor in regards to my hair type, "I have hair. The type is subjective."