For those of you have children, do you grow their hair long like yours?

I have 4 boys and all have had long hair, for as long as they want.  My husband also has long hair so they like to be "like Dad."   ;D

# 4 is still a baby, so he doesn't have much hair yet.  #1 & 2 cut their hair short around 4 years old, when it was just below the shoulder blades.   #3  waited until he was almost 7 (even with all the comments he got at school) and it was at his waist when he decided to get it cut.   :'(  I still have his pony tail that was cut off...

We plan to let the baby wear his however he wants, also.

 

It's good that you are growing the boys' hair long, even though they are boys! I would love to have a little girl whose hair I could grow long and braid and do cute little styles on it every day!

My son's hair was very unruly so we kept it at a typical length.  When he started swimming competitively and was in the pool everyday, he chose to have a "buzz cut" and has kept it that way, even through college.  I do think a child should have some say in their hair, assuming they are capable of handling their choice.

My six year old daughter likes her hair best between chin/shoulder length-and although I love long hair I think that this length is(at the moment)best for her.She loves swimming and horseriding and although her wavy hair is very thick,it tangles so easily.-longer hair would be hard to manage.I still try to tell her how important gentle handling etc.of the hair is,so if she ever decides to grow it long,she´ll have a good start!
My son is only four,but he insists on a crew cut-a pity,he looked so cute with his ringlets ;D

I also think it's important to let children have their way with their hair. I never really cared much about my hair which is why my mother had the opportunity to grow my hair long.

Anne-Marie, funny how your children have wavy and curly hair if yours is straight! It's the same with my parents. They both have dead straight, black hair, as do both of my brothers, but mine ended up wavy and brown!

Yes,my husband and me both have ultra-straight hair(but his is very thick).Both grandfathers have curls(well,when my dad still had his hair,he´s rather bald now  ;D),so it must be from this side.

Yes indeedy. :) My 8 year old daughter has curly hair, but it's not all that thick. Besides normal trims, she's never had her hair cut. Dry, it's at the middle of her back while and at her lower back when wet. She wants to grow it as long as she possibly can and I've just recently had to start braiding it all the time to keep it from getting all tangled.

My daughter is 11 now and her hair is to the middle of her back.  When she was 4 I had to have her hair trimmed because it kept ending up in the toilet  ::) :o   So we kept trimming it to keep it a bit longer than waist length.  When she was 7 she decided she wanted it cut a bit shorter than shoulder length.  So we had cut it and she wanted to donate her hair to Locks of Love.  She grew it to waist length again. And last summer when she was 10 she wanted it cut again to shoulder length and again she sent her hair to Locks of Love.   Her hair is VERY straight and very thick dark brown.  I can braid her hair when it's wet with gel.  Leave it that way for a week and when we let it down it will be straight again in 5 minutes!! She has beautiful hair.

My hair used to be like that!  I spent a week with my hair in tiny little braids.  Swam with them and everything.  My hair was straight within 30 minutes of taking the braids out.

You have quite the long hair family!  Congrats.  My hubby is hair challenged and my son chooses to keep his very, very short.  I guess I have to have long enough hair for all of us.

well... my boyfriend is becoming hair challenged... waist length... but getting really thin up front on the sides... do you know of anything that will help with that?  He's considering Rogaine or something like that.

Rogain might help.  You might also suggest adding MSM, Biotin and Silica supplements.  These can help with thinning as well (no guarantees, but many have benefited).

My daughter's hair is so fine and she's so rough on it it's hard to grow it out. She likes it long however because there's more things you can do with it. She is only 7 now and it's an everyday struggle with her hair. I've cut it short in hopes of it growing back out healthier but by the time it gets long again it's been damaged all over. But we will not give up as long a she wants it long!  :)

How wonderful that she wants it long!  Now is a great time to show her how to properly care for her hair.  In particular, combing and detangling without yanking or pulling the hair.  Also how to shampoo her hair to minimize tangles (i.e.; don't pile it on top of the head!).

I'm sure she will get the hang of it.  Reading some of the tips in the Ultimate Guide to Growing Long Hair can help too.

Sometimes that's a chore! She's at the age she nows what she wants but also wants to do it herself haha. She does pretty good however with the shampooing but the brushing she tends to yank and pull to try and get the knots out. I'm going to try some detangler and see if that might help.

What has worked very well for my fine hair, is to use a plastic hair pic or detangler comb while in the shower as I am rinsing out my conditioner, I let the flow of the water help to detangle.  I then put a small amount of conditioner on my damp hair (from the ears down) to help with detangling when my hair damp.  (I never comb my hair when it is wet except when in the shower).  

Your daughter might be able to try this technique as well to minimize the tangles.

Thanks for the tip! I never thought about having her run her fingers threw her hair in the shower and I do it all the time. Unfortunetly when she doesn't brush it while it's wet it's twice as knotty when it finally dries.

Brushing hair wet can cause lots of damage.  Detangling, however, can be important so that the hair does not dry with knots in it.  I'd suggest the shower detangling and a wide toothed or detangling comb instead of the brush for after shampooing.