So we know that Teen Mom Farrah waxed her 3-year old daughter's unibrow. Here's what she had to say about it, in her own words (try to ignore the errors, yikes).
She feels like a good mom for what she has done.
20-year old Farrah has a history of plastic surgery (including breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, and a chin implant). Is she potentially passing her image issues to her daughter by pointing out appearance "imperfections" and attempting to change them? I feel bad for her 3 year old, what a standard she must have to adhere to - a mother who will go so far as to wax/tweeze her in her sleep.
What do you think? Would you do the same as Farrah, and wax your daughter's uni? Or is this too much?top image sourceimage source
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Wax, absolutely not. I've never waxed my own brows, much less a toddler's. If it REALLY bothered me, like to the core of my soul bothered me, I would ask her if I could shave it off with one of those tiny electric razors. "Hey sweetie, you've got some wild hairs growing there, mind if I get them real quick?"
My sister waxed my niece's eyebrows when she was five, for the same reason. But my sister's a beautician, so I guess maybe that had something to do with it. Make your living ridding people of unsightly hair, it's bound to sneak its way into the house eventually.
I think I would do something if my daughter had a unibrow. They're just so hideous and it's just hair. She could even let if grow back if she wanted to, lol. I'd probably use one of the little handheld razors though so it wouldn't hurt.
As for Farrah, I think there are worse things that parents do than wax their kids' eyebrows. Hopefully it won't go any farther than that with the self-image issues.
I shiver at the thought of having my own waxed (which I've done... twice. And I'm almost 26). I could never imagine taking a 3 year old and trying to wax theirs. It seems cruel. There's no way a child would stay still, it would not only be a mess but painful. Farrah, seriously? She's ADORABLE, let her be a KID and worry about this stuff LATER, like when SHE is ready to!
That's exactly what she's doing, that little girl has a lifetime of self esteem issues to come.
if i had a unibrow at three i would hope my mom would take care of it
or if my children are darkhaired (unlike me) i would let them wax or shave at a younger age especially their faces (but i would have a professional wax them)
I also would not wax my kid at three she could have burned her... but
That's totally appropriate. It's just wax and it didn't hurt Sophia. My parents pierced my ears when I was 3 months old because I looked like a boy. I cried like hell. I hated it. But it was necessary. I did NOT want to be given all blue clothes and cooed at with the words "Oh! What an adorable little boy!"
Why is everyone so worried about the pain? We are talking about less that an inch of thin baby hair that was taken off in less than three seconds, and she could even use some drug store numbing cream or lidocaine before the wax!
It's no so bad.
This is being blown out of pre portions to no end. If my daughter gets older and I notice a unibrow and it's VERY noticeable (she's a red head) then I will probably take it off. She's still got hair on her ears at three months and you can DEFINITELY see it. I'll probably remove it sooner or later. It's not to make her feel more confident or to change her image I just don't want a hairy little girl. Are we judging because she's a teen mom?
Make up, hair removal, clothing... it's always something. Women will always alter their bodies. That's just women. Even ear piercing falls into this category. (just got my daughters done as well btw)
Farrah is a mini celeb, she's here for our entertainment. If she didn't want the attention or for us to rant I'm sure she would have said nothing and we probably wouldn't have noticed :)
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I think 3 years old is fine to have a unibrow and the mother shouldn't be touching her, because I can't imgaine anyone taunting a 3 yr old over it. Not worth the pain for the child, imo.
However, once the child hits a certain age I think it's okay to give the child that decision (maybe 8+?). By the time I hit 11, I had a unibrow but didn't know it, that is until some fucker taunted me about it in front of my peers. I wish my mom let me know before then, so I didn't have to deal with the teasing.
even based on just reading the comments...
I mean like, totally yeah! Unibrows are gross, ewww...
No, I wouldn't do that to my 3 year old. She's freaking 3. Do I think this is child abuse? No.
I had a unibrow growing up. By the time I was preteen, I do wish I could have done something about it. And I don't see a problem with it then, but I just don't think it's necessary as a toddler/young child. if you look at said young child and are grossed out by their natural unibrow... grow the eff up! Sheesh.
It's never too early to educate your daughter in the finer arts of superficiality.
And we're all screwed up by our parents in one way or another.
We live by two main rules in this house, and everything else falls in around them: 1. Do all that you have agreed to do, 2. Do not encroach on the person or property of another.
Period.
There's a big difference between washing a child's face when he doesn't want to, when he has food stuck to it, and waxing an eyebrow of a child who has no choice.
So personally, no, I would never do this to my child.
P.S. I am full-blooded German, and my eyebrows grow down to my eyelids. Never quite had a unibrow, but no one ever told me about the values or benefits of waxing until I was in my mid-twenties (I am feminine, but not the girliest of girls). Do I wish someone had told me sooner? Yes, of course. I would talk to my daughter at a later age when it's appropriate, or when she at least has the capability of making such a decision. But there's a difference between that and forcing it on such a young child.
Okay, this is just wrong and I've lost the little respect I had for her. SERIOUSLY? I'm an adult and I don't find it necessary to get my eyebrows waxed. And comparing her to Madonna's daughter who's a TEENAGER? I've also lost the respect of the parents and commenters on here. This is borderline abusive. She's THREE. No one should be putting hot wax on their baby's sensitive skin.
@xoxo_Live_Love_Laugh@xanga - How about teaching your daughter to love herself and not give a damn about stereotypes or gender roles? That's how I was raised and I'm really grateful for it. I chose who I wanted to be, without my parents forcing it on me. That's how all little girls should be raised.
And no, I'm not judging because I'm a teen mom. I'm judging any parent would would wax their daughter's eyebrows because it's painful when you have sensitive skin. It gives you rashes and the hot wax is horrible for the skin of a three year old, let alone the skin of a 20 year old.
@minha__menina@xanga - It IS painful though. That's the issue. When you're three you don't have a good pain tolerance. I still can't get my eyebrows waxed because the hotness of the wax on my skin kills me and causes a rash.
I'm not going to say that waxing a child's unibrow is wrong and I can understand if she was being made fun of for it in school, if it was a source of pain for her or that she personally didn't like it but I feel like this is way too soon. If she doesn't care about it yet, her mother shouldn't either. She has the rest of her life to feel pressured, not now. Not at 3. Not to mention that waxing can be painful, as can plucking.
I think her mother's vanity is outweighing her common sense.
@Kuai_le1010@xanga - That's exactly how I feel.
I had a very thick set of eyebrows that bordered on being a single brow all through my childhood. I still remember adults commenting on my thick brows- parents' coworkers, piano teachers, church folk- and it was something I became incredibly self conscious about, and it hurt my young feelings. Finally, my mom sat me down with some tweezers and showed me how to go about taming the unruly masses, but in retrospect I would have preferred starting a waxing regimen much earlier. Tweezing is pretty painful, and it's a lot of upkeep for sometimes shaky results. We can talk all we want about self-image and pressure, etc, but both kids and adults can lack tact, and those words last forever.
I really dont care i read about it on yahoo news and on facebook and now on here oh my and why cant moms leave thier kids alone for once they dont want to be like you when the grow up.
That kid's whole forehead needed a wax, if you ask me. Yikes.
I actually don't have a problem with this.... I thought I would, but it seems like Farrah did it in a tactful way. Most people have a few hairs in the center. I tweeze mine. She's just teaching her normal body maintenance. Yeah, she's a little young. But whatever, she would have done it eventually anyway.