{"id":6534,"date":"2020-07-31T13:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T19:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/?p=6534"},"modified":"2021-01-13T00:31:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T06:31:23","slug":"my-teen-insisted-on-cutting-her-hair-and-guess-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/my-teen-insisted-on-cutting-her-hair-and-guess-what\/","title":{"rendered":"My Teen Insisted on Cutting Her Hair, and Guess What…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

…I let her. If I REALLY think about it, growing up, the only thing that led me to keep my hair, was that everyone else loved it. I wasn’t that into having a lot of hair, but people were so amazed by it, I was like, “why not.” When I cut my hair for the first time in high school, I was the same age as Eden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mom did any and everything with her hair, but as I recall, when I was younger, length was important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Do So, No Like So: Inspiring My Daughter to Love Her Hair<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always thought my first real hair cut was when I was a senior in high school, but my school pictures say otherwise. It grew very quickly, and that senior year bob was my first real cut AND relaxer. By the time I was a freshman in college, it had grown back, and I was once again, “Eva with the Long Hair.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: If I Cut My Hair \u2013 Who Will I Be?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had been hinting at being over having hair for quite some time. The hours it took to get it done. Black women with long hair have wash DAY. Not a “wake up, wash, dry (maybe), and go on about your day” day. Even a “Wash and Go” isn’t really a wash and go. It is a wash, condition, detangle, gel, define (if you want), sit under the dryer or diffuse, direct heat at the root, and if there’s any day left… go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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