Daughter had her hair cut at school by another pupil.

[Nicola1983]

Hi there,

Just wanted to get everyones opinion please. On Friday just past i was called over to my daughter class teacher at the end of the school dya to say that another pupil had taken a pair of scissors and cut her hair. I was shocked to say the least but i was told it wasnt all that noticable and that the child in question had had their privillage time taken off them. At this point i may piont out the children in question are 4 and 5 years old.

On further inspection when i got home i could see the extent of the damage and i could have cried. Its awful. My daughter has long hair and right at the back near the crown she now has a clump of hair that is no more that than 1 inch in length. Both she and i are devestated that another child could behave this way to another pupil.

My husband marched up to the school to speek to the headmaster about it and both the class teacher and he headmaster said they would put it in writing to us as to how they are going to deal with this but to be honest im still not happy.

Having spoken to my daughter and other children in the class they were all sitting on the carpet listening to another teacher and the little boy in question ot up, went and got a pair of scissors and just cut off a chunk of my little girls hair - fully intentionally. When i asked what happend to the boy my daughter and her friends told me the teacher told him that that wasnt a very kind thing to do and he was removed from the class to sit int hte quiet room until he could learn how to behave.

My other concearn is that only i was informed about the incident. The parent of the little boy in question were not told about this at all and were allowed to go home and carry on as normal. I have written a letter to his parents telling them what i think about it all and that i will be seeking further action. Had this been an older child within the school, without any question they would have been suspended.

I am now debating weather or not to send my child back to school now. I mean what next - he takes another pair of scissors and stabs her in the eye with them??????

Anyway - any advie or guidlines etc would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Nicola

[WingDad]

I cut another lad's hair when I was at primary school

He was annoying me!

[Lucy916]

Well this just happened to me today, my daughter (5yrs) came home today with the edge of her hair cut down to where there's maybe an inch left, not to mention she has done this to herself on two other occasions. One, she was a year old an pulled out a ponytail and when she was 3 she got hold of scissors and cut a braid. I was able to grow it back pretty good. Now with the school incident, yes the little girl who cut my daughter's hair should be reprimanded and most importantly the teacher/teachers should be reprimanded as well for no supervision during this. Yes I am livid too, so I know how you feel, but kids this age will experiment. BTW my son (5yrs) who is her twin cut my nieces (13yrs old) hair into pieces while she was sleeping. The teachers should be held more accountable in this kind of situation also with some consequence for the child who did it. And there should be some explanation and/or apology from parents, I would say to avoid legal issues. Right now that's how I feel, I'm trying to deal with this with a level head. Hope things worked out well for you. Lanoluster hair grease works wonders.

[MrsNonSmoker]

I just noticed original date as well - what's that all about? Anyway, wonder if the OP notices she's been shaken about and popped on a current thread again - will she let us know what has happened since? Would be nice if it was all resolved?

[spurs12345]

What a total over the top reaction for your childs hair being cut by another child at school. My daughter (7) had her hair cut by another at school and yes it looked not straight at the back as it was a chunk of hair. But I did not go marching up to the teachers and I did not write a letter to the parents of the child. I actually did nothing about it as kids do these sort of things anyway. Dont forget that hair grows back and it. Also one last thing. Talk to the teachers about the bullying and not to the parents.

[Victoria1997]

You aren’t over reacting mom . I would be ROYALY fucking pissed if another classmate cut my daughters beautiful hair.
I think I would probably cry too.

And for the ones that say “it grows back” it really doesn’t sometimes . It will grow , but not as long anymore. Atleast that’s my experience from getting my hair cut in elementary school and it just didn’t want to grow long anymore . Same experience for others aswell AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME!

Anyways . I would request to put your child in another class now . ASAP. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with my daughter in the same class with that kid anymore.

And YES 5 year olds should know better to keep their hands to themselves . My daughter is 5 .
In this case I would NOT just shrug it off as “oh he’s a child oh well” lmao no it has to do with the parenting . I would just get on the parents for this cause obviously . and let them know that BC of their kid you and your daughter don’t feel comfortable in the same class . Honestly would try and purposely make them feel bad . Bc that’s how they made me feel and my daughter feel about her hair . Call me petty . But Momma Bear can get that way.