AA Hair

January 17, 2010

Can someone point me in the direction of a website with AA hair tips?

My FS has an aunt who is throwing a fit because I wont let her cut his hair. We just had it cut last week.

I want to make sure that I'm not doing anything wrong by not having it cut right now - I certainly can't imagine it being a problem with it having just been cut on Tuesday!

saj

January 17, 2010

Evil,

When I was a foster parent, hair cutting was at the discretion of the bio parents/family. (even when the goal was TPR...right up till the final judgement)

I'm not telling you what to do, but if it were me, I'd look to that bio family for advise.

Just my opinion...doesn't mean its right.

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evillemomndad

January 17, 2010

saj

Evil,

When I was a foster parent, hair cutting was at the discretion of the bio parents/family. (even when the goal was TPR...right up till the final judgement)

I'm not telling you what to do, but if it were me, I'd look to that bio family for advise.

Just my opinion...doesn't mean its right.

I do appreciate her input, but we just had FS's hair cut on Tuesday (and his cut is what he asked for) but she did make some valid points to hubby and I and has offered to help with it if we want her to. I was just looking for some information to get some other ideas so that I can be more educated :-)

joskids

January 18, 2010

We had just the opposite problem. Our adopted, AA boys have neat haircuts -- just the way we prefer things in our home. But we had a 2 year old foster son with braids and I hated them because he hated his hair being done, didn't hold still, etc. His mother wouldn't let us cut his hair so we couldn't. Of course SHE wasn't the one fixing his hair and making sure he looked nice for church. As soon as TPR was taken, I had him in the barber shop. His new adoptive parents loved his neat hairstyle and so did I.

millie58

January 19, 2010

joskids: did you talk to the cw? I had a fs who had a HUGE afro. I wanted it but bio mom didn't. CW agreed with me because it was messy. After about 3 months, I got it cut. I told bio mom it wasn't fair to me to have his hair looking messy because he wanted braids and she didn't want it cut.

Mizsamone

January 19, 2010

Here is a link for AA hair. Depending on how the hair is cared and style makes all the difference. What may look messy to one person is a sense of pride for another. Take the lead from the bio mom.

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