Helping my daughter to love her hair

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My daughter doesn't like her Afro hair - I'm not sure why but I think it might relate to an incident at nursery/or people asking to touch her hair (which we shut down without fail). The incident at nursery has also been addressed but she's smart and internalises things.

I make sure she sees her hair in books/tv etc as much as possible and I try my best to take care of it but she's not happy.

Can anyone recommend anything really? Specifically I was thinking Afro positive storybooks but to be honest I'm a bit lost.

I feel so sad that she's 3 and already feels like this.

This Mighty Girl post might have some ideas

www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11460

No advice op my daughter is the same. Constantly asking for it to be straightened it really upsets me. I've shown her beautiful women with curls like her but she doesn't like them. Doesn't help she's also Autistic so very rigid in her thinking. Her hair is gorgeous

Stop brushing your DD's hair, and use some conditioner and a wide toothed comb. No girl should go through having their hair brushed painfully when it's not meant to be treated that way.

YouTube is your friend. Also you can sometimes find consultants in your area that might give you some tips face to face and then continue with what products they recommend.

I'm mixed race and I have non Afro hair but my mum has Afro hair, when I used to go to the Caribbean where she's from, people often used to touch my hair because it was not like theirs. I remember walking through a market and all these women reaching out for a stroke of it!!! They had Afro hair. So I think the curiously of hair types works both ways but it isn't nice and hopefully you can help your dd learn to step back and say something if she's uncomfortable as time goes on. My mum just used to laugh it off which wasn't the best reaction as I didn't like it!