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To think that for all the bad things Jordan does, straightening her daughter's hair is not really that bad

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GenevieveHawkings · 18/02/2010 18:39

look at this page

So big deal.

Her daughter has really curly hair, right? If I were in her shoes I'd probably be curious to see what it would look like straight too. I'd do it as well, I know I
would.

As long as it's a one off and not somethig she does on a daily basis where's the harm?

Why is this news in the papers and why would Peter Andre go off his chump about it? (Apparently he has, well, according to the Daily Mail at least )

I'm not saying that you can't see a mile off the road that this little girl will be going down in the coming years but really, I'm sure loads of people would do this too.

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VitaminChocolate · 18/02/2010 19:12

See the only thing that really struck me about that link is when you scroll down and see her 2 year old dressed all in white. If I dressed either of mine in pure white, the effect would last all of about, ooh, 29 seconds before they'd get covered in crap.

ScreaminEagle · 18/02/2010 19:30

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KittySpencersEmerald · 18/02/2010 19:31

ooh dear
she has her fathers jaw

Bobbiewickham · 18/02/2010 19:38

Bless her. She has lovely eyes, and is very cute...but I bet her mother has had her nose job booked since she was about six weeks old.

sarah293 · 18/02/2010 19:40

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GenevieveHawkings · 18/02/2010 19:46

True about the rags. My sister and I would have been taken away from my mother for sure allthose years ago for being forced to suffer all those restless nights we spent in bed not being able to sleep because of the uncomfortable, lumpy rags in our hair!

We loved it though, we were so excited to see how it turned out in the morning!

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DorotheaPlenticlew · 18/02/2010 19:47

Agree that the poor child's fate is sealed up to a point -- but I always hope with these sleb kids that when they get old enough they will rebel by becoming very down-to-earth people with a strong interest in, I dunno, maths, or Nigerian literary fiction, or something else un-starry that requires Actual Thought.

Have to also say that to describe styling a toddler's hair as child abuse is frankly absurd. And lots of people with DDs whose hair is straight will occasionally curl it for a party or dress-up: is that abuse too? haven't got a DD myself but it seems relatively harmless.

I hated the eyelashes pic, though.

ImSoNotTelling · 18/02/2010 19:47

Just clicked the link out of mild curiosity...

Oh dear GOD she looks exactly like my DD1 in that second straight hair pic anyway.

So I now have to say that I think that jordan and peter andre's daughter is really really pretty, natch. Especially with straight hair

southeastastra · 18/02/2010 19:48

i see no problem either. my mum used to put my hair in carmen rollers at the same age for parties.

pinkheart · 18/02/2010 19:59

n used to do our hair in rags, we loved it. and being made to sit still for hours when my mum decided to perm my hair, and then it didnt take any way. and i have to admit i tried straightening my ds1's hair the other day (he has longish hair to his shoulders,he is 11) in the hope if i did that he would decide to get it cut , but oh no, he wants to keep it long still, but the longer it gets the wavier it seems to get.
i think katie price has had 2 boys and is now making the most of having a girly girl. dont think its child abuse, shes not dressing her in high heels as well is she likekatie holmes did

Eve4Walle · 18/02/2010 19:59

In the eighties, when I was a child, it was more acceptable to primp your child - my Mum permed my hair when I was 5, and I never got over it - bloody hell it hurt when the rollers went in!!

It's no big deal really - but I do not think the pictures of Princess in makeup are acceptable. Maybe take pictures to keep at home, sure, but don't let the public see them.

belgo · 18/02/2010 20:02

It's just so sad that she already wants to change her beautiful daughter's appearance.

Not only that, but I wouldn't want those hot straighteners anywhere near my child's head.

onebadbaby · 18/02/2010 20:15

Some of you need to get a grip on reality. Child abuse???
Little girls love to copy mum, mine watches me straightening or curling an asks me to do hers- I sometimes oblige! She also likes to sleep with plaits in to make her straight hair curly- she is curious at the change.. I think Princess is beautiful. Not fair to call a child funny looking...would you like someone to write that about yours...??

cluckyduck · 18/02/2010 20:17

Child abuse?! Get a grip.

I straightened DD's hair when she was 4 as she wanted to see what she looked like with straight hair. She asks to do lots of things, 90% I refuse, but that I allowed.

Would I do it again? Yes.
On a regular basis? No.
If she was going out in public? No.
As a "Mummy and Me" joke or bit of fun? Yes.

scottishmummy · 18/02/2010 20:21

child abuse?for millionth time don't exaggerate.

DorotheaPlenticlew · 18/02/2010 20:26

While we're at it ... Suri Cruise is a more depressing case of "child-primping gone mad" IMO. Always in high heels and now red lipstick

Ziggurat · 18/02/2010 20:29

Taking the piss out of actual child abuse a tad, no?

ocdgirl · 18/02/2010 20:37

as a mum to a active little boy i'm just impressed she can get a toddler to sit still long enough to straighten her hair takes all my energy to get ds to have his hair brushed

oldenglishspangles · 18/02/2010 20:46

Normally dressing your children up making them up and doing their hair would not raise such a concern. If however the parent doing it has body image issues it is just as worrying as those mother who put their children on the beauty circuit complete with false nails etc. Jordans over reliance on make up and apparent obsession with plastic fantastic surgery are what make the motives for the make up/ hair straigthening suspect and therefore worrying. It doesnt take long for a child to pick up that what they 'naturally' look like is not enough and that is when it is tantamount to child abuse.

chegirlshadabloodynuff · 18/02/2010 20:47

I cannot stand KP. I think she is vile. But I really cannot get upset about a mum dressing her little girl up and doing her hair.

KP's life revolves around her looks. Her DD will have watched her put on makeup a million times. Its natural for them to play about and do this sort of thing together. Some mums and DD's make cakes or scrapbook. This is just KP's version.

The awful Andre is just making as much out of this as he possibly can because he is milking the knee jerk reaction of all those who have suddenly turned against KP. He is foul and a manipulative, weeping, wanky hypocrite.

I wouldnt put false eyelashes on my 2year old or straighten her hair but its not child abuse and who gives a toss anyway?

muggglewump · 18/02/2010 20:53

I straightened DD's hair at that age, and she has straight hair!

It was just to get it to sit neater if we were going somewhere special. I do the same now and she's 8. I don't see the big deal, and don't see how it's that different to putting clips or bobbles in it.
I've let her try my make up, and have her nails painted. She just wants to be like Mum and I see no harm in it.
It depends on the degree I guess.

scottishmummy · 18/02/2010 20:53

holmes & cruise dont drag detritus of their life around world media.yes they appear financially indulgent to their daughter.but cycling christ not as fucking chaotic as the disaster that is kate price

EssenceOfJack · 18/02/2010 20:58

DD2 has really bad frizzy/curly hair (on my profile)
Loads of poeople ask if I curl it, people ask if I dye it, and people have suggested that I straighten it to 'make it look better' so I know that people like this exist. BUT I would never dream of straightening it, she is 2, it doesn't matter one tiny little iota what she looks like and anyone suggesting this gets very terse repsonses from me.
(besides DD2's hair matches her personality perfectly)

SO IMO Jordan, for example, is a twat.

minxofmancunia · 18/02/2010 21:08

agree with cluckyduck, it's not child abuse to straighten a childs hair.

However there may be a component of emotional abuse towards kps children because of the way she and her pathetic manipulative control freak of an ex choose to live their lives, with that i would definitely agree.

I do get when people can't see just how awful andre is, admittedly she's not great, I'm no fan but he's just as bad, if not worse because he's so pathetically woe is me about everything. At least with her what you see is what you get!

My dd is 3.5 and has curly hair. I sent her and dh to get her hair trimmed one time, telling him they'd wet her hair with some spray, quick wet trim, no drying neccessary, 20 mins and £5-£7. Was v when they arrived an HOUR later home dd having had her hair cut, deep conditioned, blow dried and straightened with the ghds for £22!!! they saw dh coming....

I let her put a bit of make-up on ocassionally and she has play make-up from elc. She watches in rapt fascination as I do my make-u each morning. She loves it, it's just what some little girls do.

DorotheaPlenticlew · 18/02/2010 21:45

Not saying that Holmes and Cruise are the same as KP and Andre in a broad sense, just that when it comes to dressing toddler girls way too old they seem even more odd about it IMO. Think it's the high heels that weird me out really.

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