Comments on: Daughter’s Grooming Presents Hairy Situation for Dad

By: Glad to be old

Glad to be old — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 01:27:14 +0000

Sometimes people need to hear the truth. This affirmation bs that everything we do is ‘ok’ only leads to loneliness.
How mad will the girl be if you don’t say something? Should we just let them figure everything out on their own? “ Don’t want to brush your teeth? Ok. You be you. “
How stupid is that.

By: Frustrated Dad

Frustrated Dad — Sun, 22 May 2022 06:10:58 +0000

The comment section = cancer

Females not shaving their pits and legs are disgusting.

Having the same issue with my daughter. I’m not going to force her to do it but looking at her makes me want to sick up.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:53:42 +0000

You are so wrong sir, if she’s clean then that is good enough. Women’s bodies are over policed and controlled. This is not your battle or your body and it’s super unhealthy if you want her to have power and confidence in her future relationships.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:09:06 +0000

This article disgusts me. You are basically body shaming your own daughter.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:19:16 +0000

Shaving is everyone’s own choice. I am a 14 year old girl and genetically very hairy. 2 be honest life would be easier if I shaved but I want to make a difference. And really why is it such a big deal. You either shave or you do not. Easy peasy.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 20:02:10 +0000

Kids don’t give a shit of others shave or not you’re not protecting her you’re controlling her.

By: ALK

ALK — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:02:09 +0000

My almost 13-year-old daughter was in tears this morning because today was a shorts-worthy day. When I asked why so upset…she told me her father (we are not together) asked her “what are you doing about your hairy legs?” She had already come to me a year ago with curiosity over other girls at school shaving and I helped and showed her how. When she didn’t come back about it…I let it go. Not once us a friend or peer made her feel ashamed of her perfectly normal, maturing legs…it was her father. He also, a couple years back, made her ashamed for wanting to wear a sports bra after a teenage boy saw her bare chest when her shirt went up at gymnastics. He refused to buy them for her or let her wear the ones I bought her that she came to his house in. He insisted she wear a full undershirt. What is wrong with these dads? You don’t want her wearing a “provocative” sports bra, yet you want to force the sexuality of leg shaving on her!?! I sent him a message expressing the sadness she endured over his careless statement…and all he could say was “Thank you for your insight.” This is his form of sarcasm. I cannot BELEIVE daddies could make their little girls feel even more vulnerable and actually think that’s ok…

By: Tabby

Tabby — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 16:31:49 +0000

In reply to Sissy.

Dude. Your reasoning is lame and about you, not her. Stop forcing her to shave – you’re being silly over nothing. She obviously knows better than you: she doesn’t CARE about the opinions of others, and she’s right.

By: Shaya

Shaya — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 04:16:28 +0000

Wow, I hope you’ll pay for her therapy bills when she’s older. I’m 30 and I had conservative parents but this level of invasiveness is wrong.

By: Lenu

Lenu — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 01:37:05 +0000

“Here’s the thing. I’m not lying to her when I say her counterpoints are completely sound. It is her body, it is an unfair double standard, and 18 is an arbitrary invisible line.”

And then:

“But the real reason she hates shaving is because … Sweet Girl be LAZY. That’s it. That’s all.”

Your parental processing is defective. You recognize the sexist principles your daughter has the intellectual fortitude to stand up against, then you reduce it her intellect and feelings to… laziness.

Instead of encouraging her to reject blind conformity and inspire self-worth, you diminish her person over some leg hair.

You can do a better job, Dad.