Age for hair washing themselves?

[Jaderuby]

My son is 6, thinking of starting this now, is this about the average age or should i wait until he himself asks to do it?

whats the rush? If he is not asking I would wait, no harm in showing him now though. If you do get him to wash own hair you'll need to check the soap is fully wAshed out.

Don't do it yet!
it's still a nightmare for me washign the soap out.

My nearly 6 yo washes her own hair.

Not yet, trust me if you do it now you will be creating a rod for your own back.

My 5 year old has been doing it for a while now. It helps that she loves to fanny about and sing in the shower so there's plenty of time to rinse!

My 4 yr old has started doing it herself I'm always with her and make sure it's washed out properly but she loves to do it all herself.

My daughter was able to do this herself when she was 6. Pretty sure from about 4 she could manage it.

I'd certainly encourage him to give it a go - a 6 year old should be able to manage to wash themselves, etc with supervision.

if you do let him try it, make sure you give pleanty of time because you will have to wash tonnes of shampoo from his hair afterwards.

My 5yo does, but I check the rinse.

Same with teeth - he does it himself, but I go over the job.

My 5yo does it herself, but with me checking that everything is rinsed out. She's mostly pretty good, just sometimes misses a couple of bits