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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.

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[hawkida.livejournal.com]

I suspect it's because while Alex is perfectly happy with the job she'd done herself, other people look at her and think "Who the hell did that to her hair? And why haven't her parents fixed it? Slackers, poor kid" and so forth.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's it exactly.

[torontoteacher.livejournal.com]

I totally empathise with this, since my four year old routinely wears his "favourite outfit" which consists of skin tight green and blue leggings with an orange and green striped shirt.

I *know* that nobody is going to look at this child and think "You know, I bet his mom picked out those clothes." and yet, I feel like I should *do* something about it.

*sigh* Why is parenting so hard? And when we all know that, why do we feel the need to judge each other?