Teaching hygiene habits to a child tends to be very difficult, especially since most are used to parents doing everything for them. Despite this, it is very necessary that the little ones understand that they have responsibility for their own body. In this context, a post in which a father threatens to cut his daughter's hair, who refuses to brush it, went viral on the internet. See which side of this story you will be on!
Drastic action from a tired parent
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In a post created on Reddit, a man shared a little about his daily struggle with trying to get his 7-year-old daughter to take responsibility for her personal hygiene. He emphasizes, for example, that she always refuses to brush her long hair at least twice a day.
As much as they order it, the girl always refuses to do the work, so her parents end up doing it for her.
It was then that the man thought that this would be the right time to take a somewhat more drastic action to teach her to take some responsibility. The father says that the girl is very fond of having her hair long, so he threatened to cut her hair if she continues to neglect daily brushing.
In the post, he was unsure if this was the best attitude he could take or not. Thankfully, most people in the post agreed that maybe it was time to take firmer action, as self-care is so important, even at this age. On the other hand, other people said that there are more educational methods to make the child change his mind and, in this case, start taking care of his hair.
the end result
Shortly after publication, the father returned to the social network to claim that, in fact, he cut the girl's hair on a day when she refused to brush it again. According to the statement, she was devastated and very frustrated with the attitude, but he says that this was the last alternative.
In the same publication, other parents shared similar situations.
Teaching a child to take care of himself is one of the most difficult parts of parenting. So much so that there are even books and lectures on the subject, which offer possible approaches to solving the problem. Now, after all that stress, this father hopes that his decision will make his daughter reflect, so that she can learn to take care of her hair.
