I just had a conversation with my almost eight-year-old daughter that I feared and hoped we wouldn’t need to have. Yet here we are.
She’s amazing and we have a trusting, open dialogue, constant communication style family. She felt no guilt, shame, or fear for sharing her enjoyment of pulling her hair. We talked about it for a few minutes. I kept it about being curious about her experience and only slightly touched on it being unhealthy for our hair. I didn’t go into explaining the risks for baldness and social repercussions. Right now I’m just trying to absorb what she’s dealing with and how I’m going to help her.
I missed the signs in my oldest daughter until she was a young teenager and already had a huge bald patch she’d been hiding. It was terrible and I didn’t handle it well at all. I want to do better this time.
A quick internet search led me to these two sites.
