this is--after a fashion--my homework.
disclaimer: i do know how to french braid. it's just that having two boys first didn't give me much practice to prepare for a girl who can't sit still long enough for me to get it right. i could do it with practice. really, i could.
14-year-old daughter, looking at her funky not-a-french-braid: too bad someone around here doesn't know how to french braid!
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14-year-old daughter: don't you think my hair looks cute like this?
me: yes. but i think you look cute no matter how your hair is.
14-year-old daughter: i know.
i raise my eyebrow...
14-year-old daughter, looking right at me: but aren't you glad i'm not one of those "no i don't. these make me look fat. i'm not pretty..." kind of girls?
me: you got that right!
maybe she would have come out that way anyway. but maybe my making it a point not to disparage myself--my body--out loud helps her a little. i hope so. it would kind of make up for that not being able to french braid thing.
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But are you putting baby powder in her hair? That is significant.
I think you've got a confident woman in the making. Congratulations! You're doing it right!
LOVE THIS.
LOVE it.
Self-assurance trumps French braids any day.
She's all yours...
also, I think I would like to be a contributor on this here site. Today I fed my kid the following: pomegranate seeds, banana, chicken nuggets, pirates booty, a hot dog and yogurt.
And those are my qualifications.
I'll wait for your response...
Dude. When can I come over to dinner at your house?
I know I'm not a mom yet, and this has nothing to do with hair. However, I was babysitting and about to explode when I looked at a plaque above this mothers sink which read, " I figure if the kids are alive at the end of the day I've done my job!"
Just thought I'd share. :)
And something about hair, a fellow blogger: www.shedoeshair.blogspot.com
I hope they help!! Be careful they are very addicting!
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