Woman dyes her 2 year old daughters hair

[muckypup73]

I just read this and wonder what on earth she is thinking at the age of 2, or am i just old fashioned???

uk.yahoo.com/style/mum-sparks-parenting-debate-dying-two-year-olds-hair-bright-pink-094908558.html

A mum has ignited a parenting debate on Instagram after dying her two-year-old daughter’s hair pink.

Charity Grace LeBlanc, a vlogger from the US, explained in a YouTube video tutorial of the transformation that her daughter Felicity (City for short) had been asking for pink hair for ages.

“I’m dying my two year old daughter’s hair PINK!,” the summary of the video reads. “She has been begging me for a long time so we finally just went ahead and did it! I used Manic Panic Hot Pink which is a direct dye and is safe for kids. It washed out in about three to four days.”

“I’m not lightening the hair because I don’t want to damage her hair, cause she’s still really little,” the mum said during the video clip.

“The dye I’m using is a semi-permanent dye, which will wash out,” she continued.

he mum also took to her Instagram to share a clip of the video and ask other parents if they’d consider dying their own children’s hair “City’s pink hair is now up on my YouTube channel! Link in bio! What do you guys think!? Would you let your daughter do this!?” she captioned the video.

And the post quickly sparked a debate about whether it was OK to dye a toddlers hair.

Some parents were totally against the idea.

“This is so irresponsible of you. Of course she’s going to want it. She’s a kid! She doesn’t know what she wants! And you, the parent should know better! She’s going to be bald by the age of 20,” one parent wrote.

“How can u do that to such a cute child I feel so bad for her,” added another.

“Adorable! but no I wouldn’t do it to my daughter,” another parent commented.

My grandmother and her sisters had their hair wound painstakingly in rags every night so they would have ringlets for school the next day. This was in the 1910s.

Styling young girls' hair is hardly a new thing.

I'm leery of parents who perceive their children as a tool for attention, including disapproving attention.

I was the lone ten year old at school in high heels and a perm.

Worked out fine for my mother. She got to measure herself as ever more cooler than thou with each tut. Wasn't quite as gratifying for me.

So I come at this with baggage. I question the mother's (potentially sub conscious) motivations and how they may manifest as the child gets older, and the ante needs to keep being raised in order to get the "cool/I'm not a sheeple/free thinker" fix.

I agree. Usually.

But things like this to me are just..boundaries

To Lily

My two year old would ask for pink hair. She asked to grow her fringe out. " I don't want mine fringe any more. I want grow it like (big sis)". Of course a two year old can ask for what she wants.

I don't let my girls wear nail varnish or make up but still haven't got it in me to get worked up about hair colour that washes out anyway.

My neice asked for bright pink hair as a toddler and tbh if we were white and she was blonde/light brunette I'd have done it as you can get veg dyes. As it stands she has thick black Indian/Asian hair that won't dye without bleach so I said no.

As long as it's safe I think it's fine. I know a 4 year old who really wanted pink hair (manager's daughter) so the girls at work spent ages finding different non-toxic safe ones she could use. Besides, if the child has seen pictures online for example when the mother has been on there then it's not really shocking to think a 2 yr old would like it and ask for it.

But it'll be down to the parent. My parents never let us dye our hair properly until we had finished Yr 11 but we could use semi-permanent or colour prays etc that washed out. Other parents let their kids permanently dye their hair. So it's personal parenting choices.

That little girl looks adorable! My grandmother permed my mother's hair when my mother was 2- which is much worse.

I'm not sure an=bout this puritan insistence oh girls having no interest in their appearance. If it were a little boy asking for pink hair, why would that be any different?

I was obsessed with hair ribbons and slides and my hair in plaits- and I have grown up the most humourless rad fem

The horror!

I'd totally do it.

Nineties that is exactly the point. It's not the hair dying, it's the fact that she is using her kid to flog some crap on the internet.

I have pink hair, my 2 year old is obsessed by it and wants it. I wouldn't have an issue using manic panic or the like on it but her hair is too dark and I think that lightening it would be too much at this age as it is a permanent process.

I use chalk spray on her though.

The blogger made a non harmful, non permanent, mutual choice for her child. I can't get my knickers in a twist over it particularly as i can confirm pink hair washes out Very quickly

I will probably get shot down for this but why do folks put " hair die"?! It's "dye". Sometimes they manage to write " dyed" but then write "die"! I know it doesn't really matter but it gets to me, a bit like " spag bowl" instead of " spag bol".

1st world problems.

My DS asked for purple hair since he was about 2. He dyes it different colours every summer holiday. He's now 9. It's safe and harmless. What's the problem?

my DM didn't discuss clothes or hair or weight. She took no interest in my appearance at all.
I started dyeing my hair when I was about 12.
The very first things I bought with with my first wages were clothes.
I am fifty next week and I am sitting in a room FULL of clothes, shoes and make up.
My hair is pink.
I love this stuff.

I have also spent almost my entire adult life working in public service. My current post is in palliative care.

I am no saint and can be as selfish as the next person but enjoying hair dye. make up and taking an interest in appearance does not = unhappy and self obsessed.

I think I would have been a much happier child if my DM had taken the time to do something as fun as that with me.
I doubt that western children's unhappiness is caused by their parents paying attention to them and having a laugh with some hair dye.

chika don't use the XXL bright/pastel one if you want it to wash out. It sticks like nothing I have ever used in nearly four decades of hair dying

Who cares what harmless stuff other people do to their kids. Especially if it's fun.

Pink hair is fun.

DD at 2y would definitely been articulate enough to ask for pink hair, and would have probably desired it too - think 2y was her pink princess phase. Even at only just turned 2y she could have articulated this and at 2y, nearly 3y, would have been even more so.

When I first say the headlines on social media I assumed it was a proper dye, not a temporary 3/4 day thing. As a one off, special occasion (charity day at school type thing for example) I might have given in. As a regular occurrence I wouldn't.

DD had hair chalk type things when small.

She is a teen now and been having highlights and ombre colour since being about 12. Its her hair. I wouldn't have made her wait til 16y.

I don't see the problem if that's what she wanted Muckypup my 3 year old wants blue hair but I'm not that brave my mom would kill me.

My 6 yr old DD and 8 yr old DS have dyed their hair for the last 2 years over the holidays. We use Bleach London colours and I pineapple their hair and the dye just goes on the pineapple tail so it doesn't touch the scalp. They love it and ask for it. I also do their nails during the holidays but, bizarrely I know, I will only let them have 'fun' colours not red.

I dip died my DDs hair bright pink when she was 5 or 6. It was only for the school holidays and she had it all cut off before they started back in September. She asked for it to be done and I couldn't see a reason not to, tbh. She hasn't had it done since as wants to keep the length on her hair, but I would be fine with doing it again if she wanted me to.

I still maintain 2yrs is too young for dying hair. Imagine the mess and toddlers fidget. Wouldn't it be rubbed everywhere or even get in their eyes.
There are a million other ways to have fun with a 2 year old that don't involve chucking a box of Manic Panic on their head.

I used the same colour (I think) on mine (4 and 5). Its manic panic and on I'd used when I was a rashy allergic to all eczema kid actually.

One thing I forgot (or probably didn't give give a shit about as a teen) was that it fucking bleeds everywhere. Ruined the bedding and actually stained the kids washing out (for days) would never do it again for that reason.

It does seem more acceptable to have bright "fun" colours Queen I agree. I wonder how laid back this mum would be if her daughter wanted black hair? Would she say "hey why not. Let's get a semi permanent black dye, it'll be fun"

Well black dyes are different and tend to stick. I'm sure she knows this if she dyes her hair a lot.

Ahhh, this thread has me browsing through the Manic Panic website. Very tempted to buy a bleaching kit and some good old Voodoo Blue dye. :o