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In a message dated 8/22/00 6:18:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
klement@... writes:

<< Any pearls of wisdom anybody would care to share ? >>


My 14 y.o. son dyed his hair blue to match his graduation gown from 8th grade
this year... he paid for it himself - 50bucks... the blue was gorgeous... i
figured it was a good compromise... he wanted a tongue ring... i told him "no
permanent body changes til you're 18".... just tell the grandparents that it
could have been a "RAGE" tattoo...marilyn manson piercings or something
worse... it grows out for god's sake... my son's is now just tipped with a
lovely shade of greenish white...

jeanne

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In a message dated 8/22/2000 3:18:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
klement@... writes:

> We let the 14 1/2 yr old ps'd dd, bleach and then dye her hair pink.
> Think Brittany on Big Brother ...same pink shade and brilliance.
> I know there will *threats* of not allowing her to be in any pictures
> grandpa takes at family gatherings, there will probably offer to her
> money to go to a salon and correct the colour.
> I know I'll be wasting my breath on them explaining about letting her
> make non life threatening decisions.
>
> Any pearls of wisdom anybody would care to share ?
>

yep! Simply put your arm around dd, smile sweetly and say something like
"gotta love her!"

When it's picture taking time, call her into the pics with everyone else.

Been there, done that. We have a conservative family and I've got a son with
pierced, ear and tongue, long hair and a tattoo on the back of his neck,
smokes/drinks and isn't always as careful with his language in public setting
as I'd like. His wife also has pierced tongue. But, hey, they have loads of
great qualities. If the g'parents don't want to get off their soapbox long
enough to recognize that, it's the g'parents' loss.

Eiraul

Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall

>Soooooo, I'm getting all set for a long winded diatribe from the
>grandparents because....
>We let the 14 1/2 yr old ps'd dd, bleach and then dye her hair pink.
>Any pearls of wisdom anybody would care to share ?
>
>Buzz


Hmmmm...how about telling them to mind their own business, and ask them how her hair color affects their life in any way. I mean really, talk about having a hissie over something so small and inconsequential. Do they love her less now? I mean, be serious. Sorry for the cynicism, but I am so disgusted by the lack of respect to young people and their rights from the older generations.

Nanci K.

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Buzz,

I don't have any advice to share, but good luck to you. And BRAVO! I have
said for years that when my girls get older they can do whatever they want
to their hair INCLUDING dying it pink! My hope with that is that if I let
them express themselves freely in that way maybe, MAYBE they won't go off
the deep end and try other not-so-safe things (like drugs, ect.)

Holly


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>
>Soooooo, I'm getting all set for a long winded diatribe from the
>grandparents because....
>We let the 14 1/2 yr old ps'd dd, bleach and then dye her hair pink.
>Think Brittany on Big Brother ...same pink shade and brilliance.
>I know there will *threats* of not allowing her to be in any pictures
>grandpa takes at family gatherings, there will probably offer to her
>money to go to a salon and correct the colour.
>I know I'll be wasting my breath on them explaining about letting her
>make non life threatening decisions.
>
>Any pearls of wisdom anybody would care to share ?
>
>Buzz
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