were you allowed long hair as a child?

[vanity_acefake]

i yearned for long hair as a child but due to the fact that i had a tiny face and incredibly thick hair that allegedly swamped it, i was not allowed long hair and instead was stuck with a page boy bob my entire childhood! Cute when i was 3 but the family photos are testament that it was awful after that. It was the 70's and most girls (and some of the boys) had long hair. My mum had waist length hair as a child which she hated as it took so long to dry (she used to have to sit in front of the fire for hours) and she hated my nanna brushing it. (which probably explains part of the reason i was not allowed long hair). My 7 year old daughter has waist length hair as she wants to look like a princess and although it is sometimes a pain to get her to sit still long enough for me to brush it and put it up (thank you tangle teezer!) and it is as thick as mine and she has a tiny face it is beautiful. So was i the only one who was not allowed long hair as a child?

[DragonLady]

I grew up in foster care, so someone was always whacking my hair off. And they didn't take me to a salon to do it, either. Just grabbed scissors and hacked away while I cried.

[Ravenne]

I was forced into a bowl cut bob until I was around 6 or 7. Then my mom started letting me grow it. On the flip side she didn't let me cut it shorter than my shoulders until after my high school senior pictures. Lol! Once I was through with them it went up above my jawline. *shudder* Never again...

[chopandchange]

Oh DragonLady, poor you. (Both the foster care and the enforced haircuts).

[vanity_acefake]

i second chopandchange. Dragonlady that sounds horrible.

[bte]

Nothing as horrible as Dragonlady's experiences, but I only managed to grow once I had left home.

[Johanna]

I had about shoulder length at the age of about 11 through to about 14 before I could grow it. I dyed it before then but the length always stayed the same

[Qadupae]

My mother actually wanted me to have my long hair for quite a long time. I didn't start cutting it short until I was 17. She didn't push me to have long hair, just encouraged it to be around BSL.

[pineconejg]

My mom cut my hair in an awful pageboy as well... in the 80's, no less. I had girlfriends in primary school who had waist length or longer hair, and I was always envious, but my hair kept getting cut every time my dad would tell me I looked like a sheepdog. I would want just a bang trim, but my mom would cut my whole head. When I was old enough to take care of it myself, about fifth grade, I let it grow, but was then forced to cut it off when I got it tangled in my newly-pierced ears and got an infection. After that, I kept it short by choice for several years, until I was 16, at which point I don't really think I could be called a child anymore.

[PineappleJello]

I always had, and wanted long hair as a little girl, although I'm sure if I had said that I didn't want long hair I would have been forced to keep it.