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[rivka]

Alex cut her hair. Again. I am completely disgusted with her. The last thing I had time for today was an emergency salon appointment.

I don't think today was the first time, either. There was a section near the front that I had noticed a while ago was suspiciously short. She denied cutting it. (This time our nanny caught her.)

She chose a new style which is quite pretty, and I confess that I am secretly delighted that I won't have to try to wrestle her hair into a ballet bun anymore, because I sucked at it. And her hair was difficult to care for because it's so fine. But for God's sake I have frequently offered to take her to the damn salon if she wants her hair cut. It is completely ridiculous of her to chew at it with scissors.



I wish there were a way to keep people from fussing over how cute she looks, because I don't want her to get a lot of positive attention for misbehaving. But of course there isn't a way.

Comments

[marici.livejournal.com]

You were very upset she cut her hair the first time, right? If she's repeating it, seems like she's trading positive attention for greater amounts of negative attention. If there's a standard penalty for misbehavior, maybe use that to enforce the ordinariness of hair-cutting? Also, what everyone up there has been saying. As long as she's not endangering herself, her failure to plan is not your emergency.

[iamjw.livejournal.com]

This. The attention-getting thing. She's getting a very satisfactory reaction from you at a time when you're preoccupied with other things.

I get that you want it to look good for the pageant and Christmas, but I'm betting most adults with children will understand the eyeroll and shrug accompanying the explanation.

[iamjw.livejournal.com]

Oh, and also? If I were you I'd explain to her, calmly, that the next time she does that there will be no quick fixes and she can live with it until it grows back. Once is experimentation, twice is testing the waters. Three times? Yeah, not so much.