Comments on: Should 10-year-olds depilate? http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/ Individuals - Companies - Industries: How We Work Now. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:09:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tim Walker http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/comment-page-1/#comment-12587 Tim Walker Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:21:56 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/#comment-12587 Thanks for the thoughtful comment, Kathy. By all means, exceptions exist for the view I put forward in the post. There comes a point at which heavy hair growth becomes a social/medical issue, not an issue of forcing "sexiness" on girls too early in life. In general, I'm of the live-and-let-live philosophy -- but I also hope for better from marketers, you know? Thanks for the thoughtful comment, Kathy. By all means, exceptions exist for the view I put forward in the post. There comes a point at which heavy hair growth becomes a social/medical issue, not an issue of forcing “sexiness” on girls too early in life.

In general, I’m of the live-and-let-live philosophy — but I also hope for better from marketers, you know?

]]> By: Kathy http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/comment-page-1/#comment-12581 Kathy Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:15:53 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/#comment-12581 I agree with everyone on this topic except for one reason. I have an almost 9 year old that has had heavy hair growth since she was even 4 years old. She has been ridiculed for such reason and has suffered the low self-esteem issues that I did as well at her young, innocent age. Children are cruel. Boys are cruel when they tell she looks like a monkey or a man instead of the pretty little girl she is. Life is too pivotal at their age to have to deal with hair growth on their arms, legs and even back. She is embarrassed!! I try to allay her anxieties with my own experiences of the same, but plainly, that doesn't always help. She is beautiful, intelligent and empathetic and yet can't give herself this break. I almost cannot wait to use a method of hair removal for her. I just can't see doing it at this time, but can understand those in the same boat as my girl. Now, doing it for vanity reasons, that is totally unacceptable to me as well. I am a nurse and don't agree with these chemicals being introduced to young girls just as I do not agree with coloring their hair at this age, which I have been witness to in my town as well. Crazy world we live in. Have a nice day. I agree with everyone on this topic except for one reason. I have an almost 9 year old that has had heavy hair growth since she was even 4 years old. She has been ridiculed for such reason and has suffered the low self-esteem issues that I did as well at her young, innocent age. Children are cruel. Boys are cruel when they tell she looks like a monkey or a man instead of the pretty little girl she is. Life is too pivotal at their age to have to deal with hair growth on their arms, legs and even back. She is embarrassed!! I try to allay her anxieties with my own experiences of the same, but plainly, that doesn’t always help. She is beautiful, intelligent and empathetic and yet can’t give herself this break. I almost cannot wait to use a method of hair removal for her. I just can’t see doing it at this time, but can understand those in the same boat as my girl. Now, doing it for vanity reasons, that is totally unacceptable to me as well. I am a nurse and don’t agree with these chemicals being introduced to young girls just as I do not agree with coloring their hair at this age, which I have been witness to in my town as well. Crazy world we live in.

Have a nice day.

]]> By: Estella http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/comment-page-1/#comment-10415 Estella Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:43:31 +0000 http://www.hooversbiz.com/2007/09/15/should-10-year-olds-depilate/#comment-10415 Let little girls be little girls, stop trying to make kids look like adults and act adults. Let us see 10 year old when we see them. They will get there fast enought. Let kids be kids. Leave them alone Let little girls be little girls, stop trying to make kids look like adults and act adults. Let us see 10 year old when we see them. They will get there fast enought. Let kids be kids. Leave them alone

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