To not have done DD's hair for her exam?

[Stellaaa2017]

DD is 18 and had an A-Level exam this morning. I did her hair in a high poneytail all the way until the end of year 11. She was self-conscious and wanted it like her friends but could never do it as well as I did, so I had no problem doing it. However, I did say for further education she can do it and she managed to get it in a similar style for the start of sixth form.

This morning it wasn't going well and I admit it definitely wasn't. However, she did get it up many times with it looking ok but claimed there was just too many bumps, so kept taking it out. I admit it didn't look as good as normal but we all have bad hair days!!

She wanted me to do it. WIU not to? It's not like she didn't get her hair up or anything like that. What will she do at uni?

How unkind of you!!

If my sister at 30 was facing a stressful day and couldn't get her hair right, I'd say come her let me do it!

Let alone my 18 year old daughter.

Why for some in mumsnet does parenting and helping switch off at a certain age?

Jeez Blueink some serious projection there!

We all make mistakes sometimes, more important then to teach our children to do their hair or other silly things is to teach them that we all make mistakes, to teach them to admit when we make them, apologise, make it better, and forgive...
So much more important lessons learned here!
Well done OP!
Have fun with your daughter!

Did you feel really good, forcing her independence, op?

@Calyrical
You are being mean!
OP figured she made a mistake, and did all she could to make up for it, she was probably stressed herself, but there was lesson learned here so no need to be unnecessarily harsh...

Generally speaking, I'm not mean Twins

However, sometimes I will come across something I find both bizarre and peculiar.

This is one such example.

Summer holiday get a severed head (hairdressers practice dummy) a ton of hair stuff and tell her to do two 30 min sessions a day

Oh yes, because that's EXACTLY like doing your own hair

What on earth would getting a model achieve, if she's going to practise she needs to do it on her own hair!

I would have done it for the exam but not any other time. She's 18. How she going to cope in the real world if she can't even do her hair?

WingsofNylon - Hugs for you x

YABU. I often French plait my daughter's hair and she is in her twenties. It's just a nice 5 minutes together. She is a very independent young woman.