A mother has revealed she is considering removing her six-year-old daughter’s body hair.
The Mumsnet user explained her daughter has dark hair on her lower back and legs and feels increasingly self-conscious about how it looks.
She initially tried to dissuade her daughter by reassuring her that ‘everyone’s body is different’ but is now she is considering letting her remove it with her help.
The post was met with dozens of messages of support from other Mumsnet users who encouraged her to help her daughter feel more confident.
A Mumsnet user revealed she is considering removing her six-year-old daughter’s body hair. She shared a photo of her daughter’s leg hair, pictured, alongside the lengthy post
In a lengthy post, pictured, the mother explained her daughter has become increasingly self-conscious about the leg hair and was now too embarrassed to wear swimming. She admitted she was considering helping the six-year-old to remove the hair
In the post, the mother acknowledged it sounded ‘ridiculous’ to even consider removing the hair but that she also wanted her daughter to be able to make her own choices. She also shared a photo of her daughter’s leg for context.
She said: ‘She asked me if there was a way to get rid of the hair, we talked about it and I said everyone’s bodies being different and that coupled with the sun lightening the hair pacified her for a while.’
She explained her daughter has started to wear tights in the summer and is so afraid of being teased that she refuses to go swimming.
Her mother said she wouldn’t let her use hair removal cream or let her remove the hair unsupervised but is considering helping her get rid of it.
The post was met with dozens of messages of support from other Mumsnet user who encouraged her to help her daughter feel more confident
She then asked other parents on the forum if she was ‘being unreasonable’, saying: ‘No bitchy comments please, I do realise she’s very young but just want to do my best to help her.’
Mumsnet users agreed that she should help the little girl, despite her young age.
One commented: ‘I’d let her remove it. It’s horrible feeling self conscious about something and not being able to change it.’
Others shared their own experiences of helping their own children with their hair removal. Some revealed they had suffered similar problems to the six-year-old when they were younger
‘I would let her remove it as it’s upsetting her so much,’ another posted.
A third wrote: ‘For whatever reason your DD is self conscious about this. It must be so hard when she is so young but I would be tempted to let her and help her remove it. Probably with an electric razor.’
Another agreed: ‘I was hairy as a child and it was horrendous, I got badly bullied for it. I’ve told both my girls that if they want to remove hair I will help them.
‘Eldest is 10 and has never asked, but I would find a waxing salon for her if she asked. Hopefully that would help with the regrowth being lighter.’