AIBU to think colouring a childs hair is a bit ugh?

[shelfy74]

An old school friend has posted pictures on fb of her colouring her blonde daughters hair bright red with proper permanent dye. Child is 7. Everyone is commenting, saying "it looks fab". I dye my own hair, it's harmless as far as I know, but is it ok to do a 7 year olds?? I really don't know now. But then I'm very tired and it's none of my business so I guess this is a bit pointless really.

It isn't good. A girl at DD's gym class had this huge mop of bleached blonde hair, she looked like the Dulux dog, as the class is 6-9 I guess she was about 8. She looked ludicrous, God knows what all that peroxide was doing to her skin, I always hated any hair product where the hairdresser wears gloves to avoid getting it on their skin, they obviously know more than we do!

Also, the girl's mum turned up and she had an identical bleached blonde mop on her head, she looked about 45. I don't know who looked worse, mum or daughter.

Although my opinion on dying children's hair remains the same as it was last night, I just wanted to apologise unreservedly for calling Cheermum "Chavmum." It may have been what I was thinking at the time, but I was wrong to type it (I hadn't realised I had until the thread kicked off). So apologies for that. Sorry-oh.

I wouldn't do it, but then I also wouldn't let my kid grow a mullet, then shave the sides into strange patterns, put a large crystal earring on a baby boy or otherwise deface my child... yet most of the mums here in Sunderland seem to be doing all those things... shudder.

That's okay Mrs SF, I suspect I may have over-reacted (wine enduced). Round here, CHAV is an insult but if you didn't mean to type it then you must have thought I had gone loopy mad!!

Wow, my first ever deleted message - kind of a MN right of passage hehe

At the moment, I am making great efforts to encourage my dd to express her individuality as she has had big confidence issues. Obviously, I am encouraging this within strict boundaries but as she hates piercings and tattoo's, low cut tops and make up (apart from drawing pictures on her face!) there isn't much that she would ask for that i would refuse.

Oh dear, my 10 year old DD has most certainly been know to go out for a meal wearing make up and nail varnish.
She has far better finger nails than me
She is far more likely to be fashionably dressed and made up than me or her 13 year old sister. That's just the way she is.

Dyed red hair now wouldn't get through the gates of my daughter's school. They are clamping down because of parents taking the piss.

i think i was around 13 going on 14 when my mum first allowed me to get some blonde highlights, i wasnt even allowed my ears peirced until i was 12 as i really wanted them done.
when i was at school there was a brother and sister, at 12 the mother tattooed both kids and peirced their tongues. disgusting!
permanent dyes on a childs hair at 7 is a bit daft really.

I think dying a seven year old's hair is mad. Mad.

I don't know about it ruining the hair though, I remember speaking to a friend about how straightening etc was supposed to be so bad for hair and she said yes but new hair grows in, unstraightened, undyed, etc. Fair point I thought.

Still mad though. I started dying mine on and off from 16 or so and my mum was not happy when I first did it. I didn't give her a say though!

I can't understand why low-cut tops would even be an option for a seven year old, so why is a mark of appropriate boundaries to draw a line there?