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Why are black 9th graders wearing lace fronts??

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I blame the internet and tv. I grew up in the 80s and was a teen in the 90s....we didnt wear no damn wings, u would've been laughed out of school one girl wore one but she had a medical condition and they still low key talked sh!t. We wore tracks sometimes but that was glued in in between your hair so it blended and looked natural. All of your natural hair was you leave out. Or u were braids, we experimented with our hair with finger waves and freezes and pin curls sometimes color ....anybody remember using peroxide or kool aid to die your hair ?? The difference today is the young people have social media and are able to see the people on IG and they want to look like that even though they dont realize that those women dont really look like that in real life. When I was younger you didnt really see hairstyles outside of your area and the hair books at the shop sometimes tv shows but again the hairstyles were never really too over the top and our parents were from a generation where that wsnt even thought of so dont try it. Movies opened us up to dookie braids but that's it. I remember getting your weaves just a little longer than your real hair so nobody would know lol.

My daughter was a teen in the 2000s and I went through the to weave or not to weave battle with her but she could only get braids until she turned 15 and I got her a sew in for a dance. I kept her weaves to a minimal and by the time she got to college she went natural and didnt look back she said weave was a waste of money and its addictive like a drug you got to keep getting your fix, u start to feel ugly when u dont have bundles installed .I dont like lace fronts at all on anybody because when I do wear a weave I leave my own hair out on top so it looks more authentic.


I blame the parents cause a 13 year old doesn't have money for wigs
 

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Just because a younger generation does something differently does not mean it's wrong. When I was in high school black and white girls were wearing weaves and extensions. What is the difference between wearing a wig and a weave?
 

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As much as I despise seeing lacefronts on children, I would allow my kid to try it. Teenagers love to experiment and express themselves (shaved side of head, dramatic makeup, etc), so yes I would bite my tongue and allow her to test it out.

However (like for a relaxer situation) I would inquire why she wants one. If it's because she always wanted to have electric blue/red hair, then I will let her have one for fun. Now if it's because all her friends are white with long hair, then that changes the game. I will take extra care of her. I will do everything in my power to re-educate her and build up her self esteem. Because at that point, I have clearly failed her as a mother.

And I mean the moment I notice any plight in self confidence when she removes that wig, then it's thrown out the door and the reeducation and self love begins. No child of mine's will be out here thinking that her natural hair is unattractive!
 

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Hell why is any one wearing lace fronts ?Baaaaaaaaaaah They only look good if you are on a stage performing or if you are far away . Up close and personal is not a pretty sight .
 

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I even hate when little girls have tons of beads in their braids. Why?

WTF, black girls have been wearing heavily beaded hair for thousands of years. That is our cultural history. We don't all have to cement baby hairs to our foreheads and fry it into oblivion to make it straight.
 

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Just because a younger generation does something differently does not mean it's wrong. When I was in high school black and white girls were wearing weaves and extensions. What is the difference between wearing a wig and a weave?
What, lace fronts tend to cause traction alopecia. They are absolutely too young, to be using that glue on their edges.
 

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Where you been??

They've been wearing lacefronts and they put them in (or a friend) themselves:rolleyes:
They're also wearing those lashes to death:laughing:
 

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I would be open to it. Teens are pretty trendy and it's a low-manipulation/low-maintenance hairstyle so it would give me as a parent a break.
 

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I'm a teacher and we had 10 high schoolers participate in a volunteer event at our school. It broke my heart to see ALL 6 of the black girls wearing ill-fitting lace fronts and bat-wing eyelashes. The other 4 girls were white. It just didn't make any sense that not ONE of the girls were wearing their own hair.
Wow these are children, just WOW...this is incredibly sad and embarrassing as a race of ppl. This is why I laugh my ass off @ the false equivalency that so many BW like to use of: "bUt wHiTe w0mEn weAr weAvEs juSt aS mUch As BW".

Because that's a fµck!ng lie. I've been in training classes at call centers & outta like 20-ish BW, damn near every BW except maybe 1 or 2 would have a wig/ weave plopped on their skull. Idgaf what anyone says: that sh!t is not normal & it sends a terrible message out to the world. It's pathetic imo.
 
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I wore a ponytail with a bang most of high school.

I wasn't a bully but we made fun of girls with wigs and weaves behind their backs. It was just funny to us as a bunch of kids to see other kids in a damn wig in high school, looking like somebodies mama.
 

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nah it's too much, i wore micros and glue in tracks sometimes at 14, i couldn't imagine no whole wig
 

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Most black kids have braids and so the wigs are a natural transition... no more relaxers... now black girls follicles will be suffocated by wigs 24/7... most will be bald by 25.
 

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A lot of people are comparing braids to lace front wigs. Yes, they are both fake hair, but one perpetuates the celebration of European beauty. Braids have always been a part of Black culture, whereas the obsession with wigs is recent.

I think that wig culture is a direct result of social media's influence.
 

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Teen girls been wearing wigs since forever. It was popular in the 90s for even middle school girls to wear wigs and weaves.

Why act brand new?
 
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I don’t either I wore my hair pressed out sometimes colored weave other times braids. There is no better time in your life to experiment with trends then when your a teenager. Once your in college you slowly start conforming for internships, interviews etc. Let them babies have fun with their hair and perfecting it.

Well i didn't wear weave until I got to college. I kept a cute flat iron. Those babies that are covering up their natural hair will grow up to hate their hair like most women that don't want to admit they hate their hair. Young girls should learn how to moisturize and style their natural hair. That's just my opinion
 

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Well i didn't wear weave until I got to college. I kept a cute flat iron. Those babies that are covering up their natural hair will grow up to hate their hair like most women that don't want to admit they hate their hair. Young girls should learn how to moisturize and style their natural hair. That's just my opinion
They are way more talented then I ever was that braid, can lay a wig, lay they’re baby hairs. I’ve been natural almost 13 years and I don’t know why people won’t admit it’s way more maintenance. I’d rather they wear wigs then flat iron everyday or perm their hair. Different strokes though I wore my natural hair and weave in high school.
 

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Social media has fukked up these teenagers all the way. They are seeing how girls are just getting by making money off of being popular and their looks. The IG look that is popular.
I blame their parents for allowing this. I went to my daughters school and her peers have full face of makeup, lacefront and a Fendi bag that costs almost 2K. These are regular @ss public school kids lol.
 
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They are way more talented then I ever was that braid, can lay a wig, lay they’re baby hairs. I’ve been natural almost 13 years and I don’t know why people won’t admit it’s way more maintenance. I’d rather they wear wigs then flat iron everyday or perm their hair. Different strokes though I wore my natural hair and weave in high school.
Everything comes with maintenance even weave. I think that's a quick cop out if you're not maintaining your hair under the weave thats just pure laziness,,. honestly people don't like natural hair styles, individuals, and defining curls. I've been natural almost 5 yrs. And have not had heat on my hair at all, my hair is the healthiest its ever been.
 

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A 13 yr old wearing a wig is not equal to getting a perm in the 90s .That is absolutely ridiculous.Girls have been relaxing their hair eons before the 90s and ain't nobody thought about a damn wig in high school.

At that age if you take care of your natural hair there is no reason why it cant look just as good as a lacefront. Whatever happened to parents with back bones,you cant do everything your friends do just to fit in and be desirable.Going to school and get a damn education should be more important than a damn wig on your head.
 
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Lace wigs is way too advanced. I mean give them something to look forward to doing when they get older. I hated my mom gradually slipped me into adult hood but now that I am 28, I feel all caught up and accomplished and my counter parts are living the lives of 40 year old women (no shade) cause they did everything before senior year.

Back in the day if a girl hair was short, they would put about 3-4 tracks in the back for added length and fullness and help her wrap it at night to grow some. Nothing pass 16 inches and 16 inches was the side eye, but they would do it. My mom wasn’t going for it. We had to have tyzillions. (Ugh) but even that was considered grown and frown upon. I blame these kids having kids making it socially acceptable for a 13 year old to have a lacefront, 28 inch, 4 bundle wig. Sickening
 

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Lacefronts, are just the updated version of getting a perm in the 90's.
Please explain? We didn't walk around looking like IG circus clowns all day everyday. U couldn't even tell when we were wearing weave unless it was a big updo...and u permed your own hair not a wig so......
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these kids are being raised by Social media specifically IG and they think what they see on those models is going to transfer to.looking cute.in real.life..also the parents back.in the day were concerned about u looking too grown and advertising as my grannie would say..when u look a certain way somebody might try u whether its right or wrong ..these parents don't care and feel like these warnings are old fashioned sothey let them do them.
 

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The mother is the role model for her daughters. This is why you can't teach your children with words alone, but with actions to follow up because they're gonna follower her actions over her words. I say that to say the mom wears the bought hair, the mom thinks it's pretty, and because her daughters want to look pretty like mommy, this is why the kids are wearing it.

This is why I don't wear the bought hair. Neither do my sisters. Raised in a stable home with both parents married, my mom and her sisters and their mom wore their own hair. Once in a while to spice things up or switch it up they'd wear a wig, and at the end of the day back on the wig head and then put away it goes.

That said, the mom can't teach her children with words to wear their own hair and love it while she's got Indian on her own head. It doesn't work that way because they want to look pretty like mommy. Mom would have to wear her own hair too, 360 days out the year, which they are not doing today.
 

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Ppl are really brainwashed and dumb down now it’s sad.
THIS. The bar is lowered in every single category and being gaudy in excess is the new normal. If you say something about it, you’re the problem.
 

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When I was in middle and high school, we would have been clowned for a weave, let alone a wig.

But it’s normalized now. shrug. If they like it, I love it.
 
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I’m sorry but it’s crazy to me how many BABIES I see wearing unrealistic ass lace fronts! Now if you’re grown do you! But there is something so unsettling about girls who are BARELY teens only wanting to be seen in some colorful 24 inch lace front. I can understand if it’s a special occasion but everyday?? Come on now. Why would any parent allow a 14 year old wear a lace front 24/7? You’re not even giving them a chance to enjoy their natural hair. Call me old school but this sh!t is crazy. The most my ass was allowed to get was a clip in or two and this was only allowed when I was like 17!

Would you allow your 14 year old wear lace fronts everyday? If not what age?
It's tacky. I personally wouldn't walk around wearing someone else's hair unless it is a protective style like braids. If I had a 14 year old kid, I wouldn't let her walk around in a colored wig. Until she becomes an adult and can make that choice on her own.
 

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hmmmm...I dunno....back in the 70's, we went downtown on the reg to snatch up the LATEST in afro wigs if you didn't have enough "har" to make the "biggest fro", which was most fashionable back in our day...and the afro puffs was ALL the rage as well...they just clipped on...

don't believe me? turn on an old ep of Soul Train and you'll see...

and that was when I was 13-14....I'm 61 now...

when we got to high school, we wore "chignons", and/or fixed up a quick "french twist" on top of our heads which I see is back in "vog-gue" now....

a weave was unheard of cuz it was unaffordable, and Miz Christine was the only one in town doing them for 200 bucks, cuz we always heard the commercials on WJMO, but never knew anybody who actually HAD it done....

she worked with basically entertainers anyhow when they came to Leo's Casino....i.e. Diana Ross, Vandellas. etc....

just givin' some history here...that's all....
Hey. Shoutout to The Land! Great times were had at Leo's Casino.
 

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Everyone commenting on teenage girls not taking the time to love and enjoy their natural hair by always wearing lace fronts but how often do you love and enjoy your natural hair? Everyone is saying young girls see it on TV and want to Imitate but has anyone ever considered your beauty routine as an aunt or older cousin is causing more negativity than positivity for the younger generation than some social media influencer or celebrity? You want black hair to be seen as beautiful by future generations then treat your own black hair like it is beautiful.
 

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Self hate passed down from the mother.
Same with relaxers. They ruined my hair so I stopped getting them and still to this day my mom and aunts swear I need to get another one and don’t understand why I don’t
 

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