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What would you all say about a mother who doesn't want to put 'too much money' into her daughter's hair?
This thread reminds me of my 12yr. old sister... Her hair is relaxed, and is maybe 4" and uneven (shaped like a bike helmet). My mom has tried everything with her hair, even Wave Nuvou (jerri curl)--bought the whole 9 (it's like 9-12 bottles of treatment that comes in a set!)... but everything resulted in her hair breaking. I remember when I was 19 and growing my hair natural, I offered to take over my sister's hair for a few months. Little did I know she had beautiful natural hair in that scalp of hers. But because I couldn't make it as nice as I could 3 years later, because I was just learning myself, when she left her hair out it would look matted all over.... my mom had enough and put her back on chemicals. Her hair CAN grow.
My sister loves braids, specifically cornrows... BUT my mother thinks that braiders charge too much. She says that no one should spend that much on a child's head.
I ALWAYS get good deals. when I had a friend do micro's on my other sister's hair for $40, my mother said we were duped. *snickers* When I had my little sister's hair cornrowed like she wanted, it cost me i believe $55 for medium 2 layer cornrows... she says that's too much and doesn't want me taking her to have her hair braided without her approval of the price first. Now, for those of you who KNOW, these are some pretty reasonable prices. My mom once had a lady come to our house to do individuals on us for $35 or $40. After some months, she had her # changed, she gave us a # that didn't work... and she never called. Hmm, wonder why, lol.
But since she's starting school next week, I think she'll let me take her to get her braids done.
My mom tries, she's just fustrated. When she has the energy, she'll do some traditional style on her head.
What do you guys think?
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Also, should 12 be old enough to be able to take care of your hair? I remember when I was that age, I wasn't taking care of my hair--I didn't care about it and hated when it was relaxer time, or worse--hotcomb time!
It was H.S. that I started to care how my hair looked, and wanted to learn how to take care of it.