BTW, I totally agree with NikNak, never have I seen a 3 year old with a weave, or perm, in fact no beautician that I know would give a child a perm that early because of their scalp and cranium. I think you are confusing families who actually take the time out to take care of their children’s hair like combing it, shampooing and deep conditioning. You will be surprised how much your texture can change just by taking care of your hair from an early age. You may think its something entirely different than what it is.

People need to stop buying into the trend of insulting Black people, and then calling it “keeping it real.” If we are going to talk about a group of people, we need to look at cultural norms, and statistics.

Seeing some outrageous pic on a site, or one time out in public does not mean that it represents the entire race.

Matter of fact this child is wearing a pretty common hairstyle for a little Black girl her age.

I think what Kiki meant by the comment is that we as black people do not embrace our natural beauty. We relax our children’s hair at the tender age of 3 so they can have straight “manageable” hair. Yet, the white people who adopt black children keep their natural beauty intact with braids, curls and whatnot. If anything they are the ones who should be trying to get “manageable” hair for their adopted children because they are not used to that type of hair.