Would you let your daughter/niece dye the underneath of her hair turquois?

There's a girl in my son's class, and for the longest time she's had strange hair colors. Back when they were in 5th grade her hair was green. Now I think it's red or blue. It's always something different. It's always one solid color though. Personally I'd never let my kid dye their hair some odd color like that, not all of it anyways. If my daughter wanted some cool looking highlights I probably wouldn't mind, but not the entire head of hair. I guess it's better than getting a tattoo or weird piercing though, at least hair can be changed when you grow tired of the look.

I don't know I can't really say no I guess because I have dyed my hair a few times in my life but I just hope that my daughter never wants to dye her hair because she has some really great natural highlights especially in the summer time there are always people asking if I highlighted her hair and I look at them like "are you nuts, she is 8 years old" When they get to be teens I know that they will want to be more open and expressive but I am just hoping that my kids won't want to do it and I won't have to worry about saying yes or no...

It is temporary...tattoos and piercings are different..they are permanent and leave markets...hair comes and goes. My son at the age of 7 had hair, a tail down to his waist..then one day he had it cut off. He now has a mohawk...he just got out of the Navy and is celebrating. Hair is not a big deal. Either way if it is self-expression or stupid...it will all be forgotten one day! Or will cause a snicker. No biggie.

When kids are that young I would say self expression, when they get older I would say stupid unless they can wash it out the next day. Now if she starts to modify other parts of herself like eye rings or hoops that hang down below their waist. If she looks good then encourage self expression.

I would (and do) encourage this kind of stuff with my kids its self expression its them being UNafraid to break out of societies cookie-cutter mold of how people should look I think its great when people are confident enough to be different than the "norm"

no way! i think it would look hideous... but i might be wrong. still, i wouldn't want my daughter to die her hair at all at the age of 14. she's too young but you might think different.

I actually discussed something similar with my hair dresser last time I was in her shop. A child should be over 12 before using hair dye. (My daughter's got 2 more years;)). Other than that I completley believe that it's self-expression. Hair is easy to work with. It'll all grow out or can be cut off if need be. I've told my daughter that she can do what she wants with her hair when she's old enough but tattoos and piercings are out of the question until she's much older. I don't see anything wrong with letting them express who they are by changing their hair colour or style. At least it's not permanent.