Confession:

In church pre-school, I "treated" all of the other toddlers to haircuts. Using plastic Crayola scissors that indeed did cut hair. I sent some kids home with new bangs, and at least one bowlcut. I don't know where our supervisors were. When my gramps came to pick me up and he asked me what happened, I told the truth: we'd all seen a picture of Dorothy Hammill and everyone wanted to look like her. Kids were lining up! No one was traumatized. I don't think I got in trouble, but I am pretty sure we had better supervision after that.

Have things changed that much since the 1970s or was my experience just really the exception?

I did that as well (Not waist length but longish and I was 3) My mother also freaked out for a bit (though I think it was more over the shock and because now she'd have to pay for a stylist). I did it again when I was in elementary school trying to look like Aimee Mann when she was in Till Tuesday (WHO THE FUCK WAS I KIDDING!?!) and then it grew back curly.

See now? Liv is just like me and DJ. She'll be fine.

:::::::cackles with evil delight:::::

I should have known this woman was insane the minute she started talking to me about her work with past life regression and how she had figured out a lot about herself from figuring things out about her past lives.

Ah. Have you seen Away We Go? Because this reminds me a bit of Maggie Gyllenhaal's character.

java, my twin sister and I had never-before-cut-butt-length hair when we were four. Our older, more experienced cousin, Charlie, convinced us to play barber one day. Whacked it all off. Seriously. My mother cried when she first saw it, but had my aunt give us pixie cuts after that and we were none the worse for wear.

It happens A LOT!

Definitely happens all the time. Happened in the 2.5-3 year old class at Casper's day care (one kid cut another's hair), Casper went through a phase where she cut a couple of locks off of hers, and lots of kids cut their own bangs - typically, about 1/4 inch long. I've never seen anyone freak about it. With Casper we didn't even punish her, just reminded her that "scissors are for paper."

Ah. Have you seen Away We Go? Because this reminds me a bit of Maggie Gyllenhaal's character.

BWHAHAHAH! This is fast becoming one of DH's top three movies! He watches it all the time and that is his favorite segment. Much because he can't stand this character. We should really own that movie because we both love it bunches.

"You are TERRIBLE PEOPLE!"

BTW Daisy, can I try out your company? If so, can you please email me about it?

When I was in college, I had a friend who had more than butt-length hair, and she was very tired of it but her mother adored her very long hair. I told her if she was tired of it, she should cut it off. My roommates were horrified: "Oh, it's so beautiful, you shouldn't cut it! No, no!" Me: "She's a grown person, she can cut her hair if she wants to."

Friend called her mother, said she was thinking of cutting her hair. Mother was horrified at the concept. She hung up and was sitting there very thoughtfully. "I could just cut it off on my own," she said. "No, you shouldn't," said the others that were there. Me: "I have scissors, if you're serious." "Let me have them."

My roommates were begging her not to cut it, she had it bunched up in one hand with the scissors in the other, and I said, "Your hair. Your decision." And she very slowly and deliberately hacked it off. She probably lost a good two feet of hair and still had it below her shoulders.

Her mother forgave her, she never cut it shorter, but the look on her face was very telling as she lopped it off.