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What age is appropriate to dye your child's hair?

Kayla • My husband and i are both 28. We each have 2 children from prior marriages, 4 in total! We are ttc our 5th, but have had 2 miscarriages.
My daughter is almost 9. She has been asking me for a few years now to dye her hair. I still feel like she's too young. I wasn't allowed to dye my hair till I was 12, so now I have that stuck in my head as a magic number. Should I let her dye it now? I don't want to be an over controlling mom, but I don't want to seem like a bad mom for letting her do it. I dye my hair every 6-8 weeks, so she's seen me dye my hair a lot. I'd if she wants to do it because she sees me doing it or if she really wants to have her hair a different color. I let her cut her hair however she wants, except recently she wanted her hair long on one side and buzzed on the other, and I had to draw the line. So we agreed on a pixie cut instead. Help!
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El

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I'm 32 and I've only dyed my hair once. And that was only because people were pointing out my grays! 🙊😆😩 I've always gotten nice comments about my natural hair, so I didn't want to change it!

Zo

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I really don't know what I would do. At this age she can't really understand what dying does to your hair. I would try to wait as long as possible. Look up hair chalk, it could be a good compromise.

Ka

Kayla • Jan 28, 2016
she has hair chalk. but still asks me to dye it. i know they have some dye that will wash out after 10 washes or so. maybe thats a good alternative too

ki

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Use temporary dye

Br

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For my kids, I would never do that to their hair. They can do all that when they move out

Ro

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I was 11 when I realized my hair was turning brown. I lost my shit. I am not a girly girl (I have mastered the pony tail and a bun and that is it), so when I got upset over my hair, my mom just bought me dye. I died my hair from the time I was 11 until I was 27. I do ally had to stop. I always used the dye you get at Walmart and my hair was fried.

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I wasn't allowed to dye my hair until I was 14 and even then, I could only change it a shade or two lighter or darker than my original hair color. My vote is to wait for her to be a teenager, but that's just my opinion. In the end, you're her Mom and only you can make that decision.

Ni

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It would depend on the colour she wants Natural colours are alright but I'd probably say no to pink blue green etc til she's older Also I'd go for highlights or lowlights so that the dye doesn't touch the scalp

Ka

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If it's what she wants, why not? It's just hair, it will grow back. Let her express herself!

Zo

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I really don't know what I would do. At this age she can't really understand what dying does to your hair. I would try to wait as long as possible. Look up Hair chalk, it could be a good compromise.

Zo

Zoe • Jan 27, 2016
It doesn't dye your hair by the way. 😉
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