There are some rites of passage that are pleasurable for parents. The first smile! The first steps! And then there is the very first time you discover your child has gotten hold of a pair of scissors and given something -- or worse, someone -- a haircut.
As a fellow traveler on the road who was once informed by a certain person under 4 feet tall that "Dora did it" (yes, that Dora), you have my leave to go scream into a pillow when it happens. OR, you could try this. A father named Jeff Cohen, a very brave soul indeed, decided to ask his 5-year-old exactly WHY she gave her little sister a haircut. The result, as they say, is priceless. Take a listen:
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OK. Be honest with me now: could you be angry after that? I mean, there was a reasonable explanation (no one wants hair in the toilet after all) shared in the type of voices that I wish we could bottle. Little girls only sound like that for so long, but I have always thought that's what fairies sound like -- all tinkly and sugary.
That first kid-performed haircut is infuriating. I get it! Not only have I dealt with my daughter's, oh, excuse me, Dora's scissor shenanigans, but I was once the wielder of those instruments of ... oh I'll just say it: torture. I tortured my younger brother by cutting a rather large swath of hair off his head. Of course I told my mother that he "fell" into the scissors, to which she more or less responded, "yeah, right."
But this is what kids DO! We did it. Our parents did it. And if it hasn't happened in your home ... it will. Just wait until you hear their explanation before you decide how to handle it! You never know what they'll have to say!
How did the "haircut" go down in your household?
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One day my 3 year old was playing in her room with some other kids, and comes running into the living room so excited because she got her hair cut like daddy. I was a little upset because her long pretty hair was gone, but she was so proud of herself and so happy I couldn't really be mad at her. I explained that only adults can cut hair, and she hasn't done it since.
I wanted to give my 5 year old grandson a crewcut to get him ready for his first day of school. His mom said no way, just spruce up around his ears and neck.......well darling child got hold of my battery operated clippers and shaved a 2 inch patch at his forehead......I *had* to give him the haircut I wanted! Even shorter! But that is *not* the way I wanted to do it, I wanted mom's blessing. Hey, everone, the hair will grow back, 1/2 inch per month.
awwww i cant hear :( nothing happens when click it :(
HAHAHA OMG how can you be mad after that! lol
Buy some cheap dools with long hair and let he go wild under supervision lol so adorable
Kids love scissors and love to cut things, not thinking that it can't be reversed once the damage is done. When I got a new doll for my birthday, my mother, who grew up poor and had to share a doll with her sisters, thought it would be perfectly reasonable for me to give my little sister my old doll. Once I realised I actually had to give up my doll, I randomly cut her hair in ugly patches down to the scalp. Another time, my mom had made us new flannel pajamas, and as I wore them I cut holes all over them. I didn't think of the consequences, only that it was fun using scissors on fabric (maybe that's why I love to sew). Anyway, once I saw what I'd done, I was horrified that I'd ruined my new PJ's, and knew I'd be in trouble. Kids just don't always think ahead!