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<---1st monthI know I've shared that Hope has not allowed me to cut Lil' Man's hair. I really think he needs a hair cut!!! But I'm ONLY the foster parent!!! I've had to deal with SO many people asking if he's a boy or girl and I've had to deal with his teachers complaining about his hair in his face. Either they don't hear me or they don't understand!!! I'M NOT ALLOWED TO CUT IT! So, I've been creative. I took pictures to prove my point...
It's really gross when he eats...it needs to be pulled back {like a girl}.
It's HORRIBLE when his nose is running and his hair sticks to his snot...
It keeps him from seeing clearly and he makes NO effort to move it!!! {He walks in to walls and stumbles over things in his way...cuz he CAN'T SEE!!}
Any suggestions???? PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
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I have the same problem with one of mine. It's insane. I put it up in a pony tail on top of his head for visits, just to make my point. I tell mom, he needs to be able to see and eat with it out of his eyes and mouth. At this point I don't really care. It's not like *dfcs are paying for haircuts anymore. But I'm going to keep it out of his eyes. She can cut it when/if he comes home.
Cut a little bit in the front kind of haphazardly (or better yet let him cut it then you're not lying) and just say typical little kids got into the scissors the other day and took turns cutting each others hair? I think foster care in Canada must be completly different because keeping their hair cut is part of taking care of them health wise and is a requisite.
Good luck!
Cut a little bit in the front kind of haphazardly (or better yet let him cut it then you're not lying) and just say typical little kids got into the scissors the other day and took turns cutting each others hair? I think foster care in Canada must be completly different because keeping their hair cut is part of taking care of them health wise and is a requisite.
Good luck!
don't you LOVE LOVE LOVE everything we are required to do and all the things we AREN'T allowed to do. so annoying...to say the least :)
We cut our girls hair- all 4 of them and let the wrath emerge. I say, who cares.
I'd cut a little each week so no one notices!!!!
By shear accident my SW came over tonight and said HER supervisor saw the child at a visit and wanted to know why the FOSTER PARENT hadn't had the kids hair cut!? She did tell her the mother was refusing to let it be cut. But she told the Sw to tell me a foster child shouldn't be walking around looking like that and get it cut! whhhaa-hoooo
OK, I swear I'm not tech saavy either. I can only answer my cell phone, nothing else. David has to program it for me :)
go here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/support/?bnit=H&cds2Pid=30195
it may answer some of your questions.
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I love it.
Set him at the table with crayons, paper, markers, etc. Give him scissors and tell him he's free to cut his hair if he wants. Then have the barber fix it. Tell Hope that you turned your back for a second while he was doing arts and crafts time at the table OR that he cut it himself when you weren't looking because he was sick of it. I've been there. DHS isn't going to do anything. They're too busy to care. Bigger fish to fry, m'dear. Oh, and they're probably sick of it, too. It's just a control thing for Hope. Rock her world. Might be good for her.
We had the SAME problem with the little boy we had last year. His hair was LONG, halfway down his back. (He was only a year old) And then it was past his eyes in the front. Sorry, but that is just mean for a little boy. We put it up in a ponytail on top, and whenever we were out in public, he wore a hat (it was winter).
The sad thing is, especially for these little Aboriginal kids, especially when seen with a white family, people can TELL they are foster kids. It's bad enough they have to be embarassed by how they look.
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