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Weave On Children, Yay or Nay?

August 11, 2011

Smiling little African American girl with micro braidsOkay, I will readily admit that although I am only twenty nine years old… I am fairly conservative.  Blame it on how I was raised, and it is not a fact that I am ashamed or embarrassed about.  Looking at the plethora of so called “celebrities” adults look to for entertainment but undoubtedly some children look up to as role models, a bit of conservatism is probably a good thing these days.  Now that I have that disclaimer out of the way, lets jump into the subject at hand.  Hair extensions on children?  Yay or nay?

For Easter my church does a children’s parade, a way of allowing the kids to sort of show off their cute Easter outfits.  The purpose is not just to showboat but a way of giving positive reinforcement and encourage the kids to continue to attend church.  Anyway, as the children marched proudly around the sanctuary I smiled at their colorful pastel outfits as I remembered my youth.  Then I saw more than one young girl with fake hair.  Not box braid extensions either.  One had a full on half wig, another a long phony pony, and a third with what looked to be a crochet extensions.  My mouth probably twisted up a bit watching them bounce their false hair to the rhythm of their march.  Fake hair on girls who were probably all under age ten?! I don’t want to sound like a prude but I’m not sure that I like it!

Then I started thinking.  Well…why are box braids and cornrow extensions acceptable but wigs and wefts are not?  Is one considered more “grown” than the other?  In my opinion yes!  Braids are child-approved but long flowing (fake) tresses are not.  Then, the devil’s advocate in me started rearing its head again.  It is 2012 and I for one am always preaching about how fake hair should be more acceptable.

I don’t get that some people are still “anti-weave” and don’t accept it as just a styling option. Not as a way of trying to be deceptive about the true length of your hair but because hair extensions can be for  your hair in terms of hair growth.  For these children’s parents, maybe it was just easier and faster to put a wig on them?  Maybe the girls’ mother is styling challenged and cannot afford to pay someone?  Who am I to judge?  But then aren’t there less mature options available for these kids?  I’ve seen kid phony ponies and I know I for one can braid very well.  If the parent is really desperate for hair care help there are plenty of women in the church (and their neighborhood too probably) that can assist in caring for the girls’ hair for free.

After careful thought, I decided that fake hair on children is perfectly fine for me so long as it is used to create “children” hairstyles.  Cute braided styles, buns, beaded styles, twists, all kid-approved.  Weaves, wigs, big diva-esque hair?  Not so much, at least wait until the kid hits high school!  What say you?

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