to be upset that my dd age 4 came out of school with half her hair cut off!!: (

[armani]

GRRRRRRRR! just need to rant! my dd has beautiful long blonde hair,today she came out of school and somelittle *** has cut her hair!!!!at the front it is awful cut down to the root and at the back her pony tail has been mostly cut off :(

im so upset for my dd, why would another child do this?

islands - my kids managed it at nursery. EYFS says that children should have access to these things, and quite rightly so.

it takes seconds to cut hair and you can cut it with children's scissors. Please can we not insist that children are supervised with plastic scissors at all times? How about you cut your children's hair so it's not so tempting to snip?

Islands
It is a school. The children learn how to use scissors in school. Why should they not do this?

My DC went to kindergarten in Germany and were using scissors from the age of 3yo. They were also allowed to help to prepare breakfast, using a knife to chop fruit and veg.

I am surprised that there are adult women who have never known a child that this has happened to. Both of my DC have done this, the most recent time was this summer when DS should have known better.

Well, I really haven't known anyone do it so far (though I wouldn't put it past DD2 to experiment at some point!).

DDs go to a Montessori so have been used to scissors from an early age too, as well as knives for cutting fruit etc.

OK, so would you trust a 4yo child putting sharp scissors so close to your child's eyes? Really? All those who think it not even vaguely a problem, the hair issue aside, do you really think (even with exclusive nursery training in scissors and knives ) that any 4yo has a fantastic steadiness of hand when it comes to scissors near eyes?

The OP's child has had it cut in two places, the front, and the ponytail. That takes longer than a one-off lucky swipe. Also, even blunt metal scissors struggle to cut hair effectively, so either the children had quite a lot of time to mess around with scissors unsupervised and chomp through the hair with a lot of effort, or the scissors were pretty sharp. Either way doesn't sound great to my ears.

Well, obviously anything sharp and pointy near eyes is a bad idea - I don't think anyone would disagree with that - but I think these ones that cut the hair were kids' school ones, weren't they?

Exactly, Lightson, but if they're sharp enough to cut hair they're sharp enough to do other damage, they should be supervised.

If OP's DD was 8, or 9, I wouldn't be as concerned. I think 4yo is too young to have scissors unsupervised in this instance and that's why I wouldn't be happy. I think it a good thing that DCs are taught to use scissors and knives as long as tit is under appropriate supervision for their age.

After this thread I decided to talk to my daughter about her hair. I asked what she'd do if someone asked to play hairdressers and she shrugged, so I said "what if they wanted to cut your hair?" she said "No, only Nikki's allowed to cut my hair" (our hairdresser) I love my sensible daughter lol she's such a realist, she's funny.

We did end up getting into a silly conversation about Mummy is allowed when she gets it tangled in her button "why?" because you don't want to walk around with a T-shirt hanging from your hair!

DD2 cut her fringe (at home) when she was around 4. She looked horrific and I was furious (turned my back for a minute).
If I was the OP I would be incandescent. Cutting front and back took enough time that it should have been spotted (I'm surprised one of the other children didn't say something).
I bet the offender's mother is mortified!

my friend's 7 YO has leukaemia .She is having chemotherapy and has no hair at all.
i hope she doesn't read your post.

Children's scissors are blunt or rounded at the ends precisely so they can't poke their eyes out. They are also sharp enough to cut things, that is their purpose. Including hair.

The supervision thing is a red herring, it takes two seconds to snip a ponytail or bit of hair. They can't police children every second or nothing 'bad' would ever happen, like children falling off things, poking each otehr, drawing on their legs (a favourite of my daughter aged 4).

My dd2 cut off all her hair and the hair of her Bratz dolls into a giant pile whilst I was in the room. She went under the table and was very quiet. Should I stare at her 24/7 in case she cuts her hair?

Annoying, yes, but normal, expected childhood experience, yes.

Hair is quite hard to cut with less than super sharp scissors, cornetto. It requires quite a lot of effort.

Personally I wouldn't be blase/defiant if my DC had got hold of scissors in the house when they are under 5, without my knowledge.

Staring at your DD 24/7 in case she cuts her hair, is something of an odd exaggeration. Personally, I would start by not leaving scissors lying around where my DC can use them for a long period unsupervised and without my knowledge. This is only what I would do though, so no need to get crabby. I am not suggesting you do the same. Your DD, your scissors

I just had a go at cutting my hair with the round ended safety scissors in my first aid kit.

Cuts hair, no problem.

It grows back, right?

Like I said earlier, I gave myself an MN haircut with a pair of ELC scissors.

Island - you sound quite smug tbh. Have your DCs never got hold of something they shouldn't? Ever? How old are they?