If you frequent my blog, Natural Hair Rules, you know I have a congratuHATER attitude towards Beyonce. But my love hate relationship has not stopped me from arranging my son, Prince and Blue Ivy’s marriage. (Someone please let Jay know how its gonna go down.)
Anyway, I take offense to the hair critics of Jay and B’s Blue Ivy and my future daughter-in-law. Maybe because I have an 1 yr old. So I understand that its not easy finding products for your infant or toddler. You want to ensure they are as natural as possible. And with many baby products testing positive for cancer causing agents it will cause pause in any parent.
Not to mention, those little ones aren’t going to sit still long enough for you to do anything to their hair.
Can we also talk about the fact that baby hair is fine, soft and fragile? What is Beyonce supposed to do? I know as a parent I don’t want to take any chances. Water and coconut oil are my friend. I let my baby’s curls do their thing.
What do you think?
Moms, do you have any tips for Beyonce?
I think some of you need to visit HOLLAND and see how the women over THERE wear their hair. The women over there have different attitudes, they are pretty much running their relationships and don’t allow men to walk all over them. They are pretty cool, because they don’t really care about hair over there. Most of them are very well educated and don’t care about such things like makeup, or allowing men or society to dominate them. They don’t enslave their girls minds and force them to submit to the bow and dress thing over there, and most of them come off as a bit tom boyish, but they really just seek comfort with just a dash of style.
Some countries don’t have the same hang ups as in America, I have noticed. The kids in some countries are allowed to go out everyday and wear their hair anyway they want, lol the parents don’t helicopter their kids and don’t force them to submit to the sexist roles bs that a lot of us black women tend to do here.Bows are oppressive, why does she have to show that she’s a girl by wearing bows? Yes we know she’s a girl, she doesn’t need a damn BOW everyday to show it. And it’s not like Beyoncé is really into her hair as much either lately. She’s kind of doing the simple braids and the wild look lately herself. Adjusting herself to motherhood unless, she’s got an appearance to go to or something.
I apologize I didn’t mean to say “FEMALE” I meant to say women. I have always hated when people used the word female. lol
I keep hearing all this “presentable” talk, what is “presentable”? Is it what YOU think is “presentable” or does the problem lay within you and your own hang ups?
Bows are cute, but they don’t have to be worn all the time. Some of us black women have this obsession with bows and we act as though the child is gonna get in trouble if they don’t wear a damn BOW in their head! My goodness Ya’ll she doesn’t have to wear baubles and bows. Not all females like the look of bows.
I have a two year old son, who’d wild as heck, and he doesn’t keep his hair “DID” after I try to comb it. I have to chase him around too, just like I did my daughter. Kids grow into the hair thing as they start to like the opposite sex. We don’t need to be making them look cute for everyone to be pleased with them. Babies are not dolls, so all the “bow” and “presentable” talk is really just annoying in my opinion.
My own daughter would take her bows out and pull on her ribbons, Do you think with all the stuff I had to do as a house wife, that I had TIME to stop her from taking her hair apart? I also didn’t do much with my child’s hair, but wash and detangle and she was wild too. My kids are wild and I’m sorry but Bey’s baby looks wild, and like she’s having FUN. I am so happy Bey is a good mom and is always spending time with her daughter. How many of us can say that we just PLAY with our kids instead of treating them like dolls who needs bows, or needs to be “presentable” Smarten up people, the child is gorgeous and she’s having fun. Beyoncé is a great mom. And when it’s all said and done, her daughter will saying, “MY mommy was the best!!” People forget the things that count in life.