Kid shaming/shaved head

wilburbud · December 2013

Okay... So this post bothers me for a number of reasons. I understand the whole dog/kid/husband shaming trend. It can definitly be funny sometimes. I don't think this one was funny. Probably mostly because I don't agree with the moms actions. Weigh in

ccip82 · December 2013

I think that mother is fucking horrible.

ETA: Her daughter is still a child. Many children have cut their own hair before...I did. This type of "punishment" is incredibly wrong on so many levels, I am getting physically sick thinking about that poor little girl.

goldenB · December 2013

What is wrong with people?
Someone should shave the mom's hair for being an idiot.

SandFHasse · December 2013

That's horrible! Poor girl!

fredtheredhead2 · December 2013

What a horrid thing to do! That poor little girl. All kids cut their own hair. And if it's a repeat problem, maybe make sure all of the scissors are put up/away?!

casholmes · December 2013

Poor girl! I hope that mom feels terrible every time someone asks about her daughter's hair and she has to explain why she shaved it.

last14real · December 2013

I'm gonna go with why didn't she just make an effort to remove the scissors from the equation. If the child doesn't have access to scissors she can't very well cut her hair...In the event that she finds them somewhere else and cuts it, even her bangs out and let her walk around with stupid short bangs. It will grow out in like 3 weeks so what's the big deal?

CarolinaGirl2014 · December 2013

Disgusting. Not only that she'd do that to her child, but especially that she'd post it on such a public forum in such a bragging manner. $10 says someone contacts DSS on her. Not saying she should have her child taken, but I really think someone will make the call to have her looked into for emotional abuse.

Kc101212 · December 2013

That's awful. I cut my sister and I's hair when I was little. I got yelled at and the scissors taken away. My mom was able to fix it a little bit but we basically had to wait for it to grow back out, that was shaming enough...

lmills730 · December 2013

That is horrible, I can't imagine doing something like that to a child.

bensmommy518 · December 2013

I have no words... That is fucking horrible and emotionally abusive to that poor child. All kids cut their hair. I did and my "punishment" was having to walk around with my bangs cut really short until they grew out. People make me really sad sometimes.

Firefly9 · December 2013

I think the pet shaming is funny. Kid shaming is just awful. Wouldn't it be enough to let the kid live with the awful crooked bangs (or having to cut them really short to fix them) instead of shaving her head AND shaming??? So sad.

moosebaby2011 · December 2013

My older sister cut her own hair, and needed a pixie cut to make it look halfway decent. I also cut my own hair and ended up with a pixie cut. My younger sister wised up and cut her friend's hair instead.

In none of these scenarios did my mother shave our heads as punishment and then display the results for all the world to see. That's absolutely horrible.

Dishylo · December 2013

Child abuse. Fact.

citybeach · December 2013

Wow. Poor child! Makes me really angry.. and sad

amt0312 · December 2013

It's awful that she posted the picture of her humiliated child for the world to see. To me, that's the worst part of this whole thing.

The actual shaving of her head part isn't really that bad and could have been necessary depending on how much the kid botched her hair. If it was just a couple of snips and not that bad, then the mom is an asshole, but if her daughter really messed up her hair, then it might have been within reason to cut her hair that short.

salsamommy · December 2013

This is AWFUL! The poor child! I don't know any child who hasn't cut or tried to cut their own hair!

If given the opportunity, DS would be a hair stylist to anyone he could reach.

This "adult" needs to grow up!

csandroo · December 2013

Wow .... I really hope that sweet girl isn't bullied for her moms actions. Terrible idea ....I cut my bangs so terribly short when I was little and it was punishment enough how terrible I made them look!!!

Hkula · December 2013

That infuriates me. Not only did she shave her head, but then publicly displays it on FB like it was an awesome parenting technique?

Jackapatamus · December 2013

Who would do that, and then be proud of themselves for doing it! This mom is an absolute idiot, I hope she is shamed for being a horrible mother.

bluegreeneyes11 · December 2013

Ok yeah no that's really effed up. My heart breaks for that girl.

caraconner · December 2013

This poor child.
Kids cut their hair, period. Hair grows back- not a big deal. Mom doing this is beyond cruel, emotionally.
This is absolutely horrific. Poor baby

Siblynika · December 2013

How horrible

all kids cut their hair at some point. What kind of mother BRAGS about their kid crying after shaving their head? That's the only reason I can think of for her posting the picture on the internet.

Deblondie1 · December 2013

That is NOT acceptable. I try really hard to not judge other parents but I am judging her. The child cried the whole time, WTF is wrong with that mom? It is one thing to discipline a child but a total other thing to create a traumatic experience for her because you are a terrible parent.

jessicat2283 · December 2013

Sad

AnnikaD20 · December 2013

That's so wrong. I feel so bad for that girl.

I generally like the baby/pet shaming stuff. https://www.reasonsmysoniscrying.com/ is hilarious. I think there's a difference between laughing at the silly and frivolous reasons kids cry ("I took off her hat before I took off her scarf" and "he found out paper napkins are made of paper") and shaming kids who are crying for pretty legitimate reasons, like, idk, I just shaved her head against her wishes.

JuliaH21 · December 2013

Ugh. I really hate they way she says "she cried the whole time". It's like the mother is pleased by this. I feel so awful when DD cries through something (just had her 2 yr well-baby and she has a doctor office phobia right now, so maybe I'm feeling extra sensitive about it).

Seriously, how hard is it to just keep scissors away from your kid?

silentsiren11 · December 2013

No.

km_md · December 2013

I completely agree with the mother that the little girl should not be cutting her own hair, and some form of punishment may be necessary to teach her that her actions were not okay. BUT, her choice of punishment was taking it too far IMO.

KimberlyTX · December 2013

I just want to give that little girl a hug. If she needed that cut because of how she hacked her hair, that's one thing. But it sounds like all she did was cut her bangs short, and the shaving was punishment. That's bad enough, but to post it for the world to see? I hope someone actually called the mom out (I can't tell from the post if she's seeing those comments or if it's on another site).

LuLusmomma · December 2013

This just pisses me off! I've been in that woman's shoes and I cried when I saw what my daughter had done to her beautiful hair. So I feel pretty confident laying some judgment down here.

I was even more upset when I realized she had also given her baby brother a hack job and so relieved when I couldn't find a single cut on him(this happened while I was at work and their father was "watching" them). Over the next 2 years(age 3&4) she cut her own hair 3 more times!!! It was just as upsetting for me everytime. I just kept hiding the scissors and buying her cute hats, she hated wearing them but I kept telling her if she'd stop cutting her hair she wouldn't have to wear them. As it slowly grew back all I could do was french braided pig tails. She stopped cutting her hair about the same time she started preschool. That girl got into EVERYTHING!!!

What this woman has done is outrageous, I feel so sad for her children.

valigrl21 · December 2013

Yuck. Not a fan of embarrassing and humiliating your kid as a form of punishment. I want my kids to learn to be confident, proud of who they are and to be comfortable in their own skin. I also want them to know they can trust mom and dad when they have a problem. I don't want my kids to fear how i will embarrass them.

Put the scissors somewhere the kid can't get to them and find another form of discipline besides humiliation.

brideandbreve · December 2013

I wonder about parents who can subject their children to this kind of stuff and think it's alright or think that it's good parenting.

All I keep thinking is that that little girl was probably terrified of her mother at that moment, and I couldn't imagine doing something this unnecessary to my child that would make him fearful of me.

aessary03 · December 2013

Wow. This is awful. I would never ever do that to my daughter. How about you put the fucking scissors where she can't get to them instead?

juliasmama2010 · December 2013

I threaten to cut off my daughters hair on an almost daily basis but I would never actually do it! This woman is psycho...how embarrassing for that little girl.

wedbliss5 · December 2013

This makes me really sad and very angry. I can't even...

keljongib · December 2013

That's so sad and disturbing. My mom used to give me and my sister those god-awful 90's bowl cuts, but nobody shaved her head!

Armyratt · December 2013

Poor girl!!! So sad. Most kids at some point experiment by cutting their own hair. Just so sad.

Winnieella · December 2013

This is horrible. I gave my sister and I a hair cut once...it wasn't pretty my mom took us to a salon and the fixed it.

BuckeyeANG · December 2013

That's not just horrible parenting, it's abuse in my opinion.

BABYROSEJEANS17 · December 2013

I didn't cut my hair, but I was playing with a round brush and my curly hair tangled itself in it. Unfortunately, my mother couldn't unravel my hair so she had to cut it (after yelling at me for doing it in the first place). I was subjected to rockin' Goody wide plastic headbands for a really long time after that. However, that mother clearly shouldn't be a mother and to post that on FB publicly shows what an ass she is!

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