8 year old daughter with a unibrow??? how to get her to listen???

Question

my eight year old daughter has a horrible unibrow. i have told her over and over to pluck out that middle part. she cries and won't listen. i even bought her these pretty pink tweezers and she still won't do it. i even offered to pluck it for her or even to have her brows waxed. i just don't want the kids or our family to pick on her even more than they do now. if only she would pluck her brows she'd be normal. why is she being so difficult?

Answer 1

So what you are teaching your child is, she is not "normal".

She gets picked on everywhere she goes and gets picked on at home to. Even to the point of pain.

Ever plucked your eye brows while your child is in the room too? Feel how much that hurts?

This child will never be "normal" in your eyes, or no one else's. This child will never be accepted even at home.

You are not thinking what you are doing to your child. Home should be a safe place, where kids who look,act whatever "different" should be safe from prosecution/humiliation and pain  of all kinds.

My youngest can be called crazy (he is autistic) out side the home but when he enters that door he is no longer crazy, weird,psycho or any of those other hurtful words.

Please think of what you are doing to your child before the child thinks she is totally worthless for being born a certain way. It is not her fault how she was born.

We try hard to protect are children who are "different" , but if we give them love , acceptance for themselves and others, then we have taught them the necessary things to make it in this cruel world. These tools are a better weapon then anything else.....

Just love and accept your kid.

Answer 2

HI,

Oh man o man....the girls! My daughter has been head strong since the day she was born preemie and she could "rock" the bassinette when we brought her home.lol  Now she's 14 and whoa! I was going to say to take her to get the middle part waxed but I see that you've already offered to do that.  Hey, maybe if you go and let her watch you get yours waxed..then she'll follow suite? A thought. Another thing I guess you could do with her that is totally painless is shave really gently between the two.  Just angle the razor so ya dont chop off the first part of the eyebrow. You could do yours with the razor then she'll see theres no pain involved with that.  I know they say not to use a razor but when I've been in between touch ups at the salon...I've done it.  I'm sure every girl has at one point or another.  The only thing ya have to be careful about is not to do  a "razor width" between eyebrows.  Just hold it sideways and shave inward toward the middle.  Sorry if this doesnt sound right but it's kind of hard to explain.  h**l, your a mom...you'll know what I mean. :)  Good luck! The girls sure can be way difficult sometimes. WAY!  I do vote for the waxing to be the best way..it's  quick..and it all comes out at once...and it will look awesome!  Plucking kind of sucks because its one hair at a time..and it takes linger and it does hurt.  My daughter wont pluck....or let me pluck...we have to go to the salon.  As a matter a fact she wants me to call today to make an appointment for us,...thanks for reminding me....were starting to look a bit funky ourselves.

Eileenoh btw...I would love the pink tweezers. :)

Answer 3

i think maybe your daughter is upset with you because she feels that you should except her the way that she is. tel her that you love her and that you think shes beautiful and that she just has a few little hairs that need to be removed. dont make a big deal out of it. i dont think you shallow i think your trying to be a good parent and save her embarrasement=]=

Answer 4

... i had a horible unibrow im 11 i got picked on alot. and it hurts alot.

maybe if u could read these messages ppl are sending to help her she would understand, i wax um and i dont hurt that much and they look verry nice when u get them shaped. sometimes i pluck but i think it hurts. hope i helped ad goood luck.

p.s. encourage her maybe take her out to dinner one night then suprise her with going to a salon maybe getting her naiLs done or hair.. then.. do her eyebrows.

Answer 5

The answer is obvious...you must put her in a circus freak show since she is so abnormal.  Clearly a girl with a unibrow is a freak of nature and has no future other than being gawked at...put her to work making money in a side show since obviously she has no future and no man would ever consider marrying her given that hideous affliction she has.  I hope you realize this answer is meant to be as ridiculous as your question was.

Answer 6

Wax it while she is asleep.

Answer 7

ok listen here you are not thinking about your daughter all you care about is your stupid picture your daughter doesnt need her mother of all people telling her she needs to pluck her eyebrows oh and by the way she is too young for that anyway and by making her pluck it, it will only grow darker and darker thinker and thinker you should love your daughter no matter what she looks like

Answer 8

She's EIGHT for goodness sakes!! Its parents like you that create children with low self esteem who have problems for the rest of their lives.  Leave her alone.  There are more important things than her eyebrows!

Answer 9

Let me guess...you are trying to prepare her for the boob job you'll demand she gets at fifteen, a nose job at sixteen, then treatment and counseling for depression as well as eating disorders.  Maybe go ahead and get her a stanley cutting tool, so she can start practicing with her self hurting techniques.

I'm so sad for your little girl, she's eight years old, she should be enjoying being a child.  Keep up the good work Mummy Dearest, never encourage acceptance or individuality, when being shallow will fit her in quicker. As a young child, she could end up being unique to a fault...it is good that you stopped her now.

Answer 10

She's EIGHT. This kind of thing doesn't even matter till she's at LEAST ten!

Answer 11

Maybe she's scared of it hurting, just explain that looking ugly on purpose is MUCH more painful.

Answer 12

why dont you focus on something beautiful about your child instead...your going to gove her low self esteem....p.s... your a total cow, i cannot believe you would leave your daughter out of a potrait ...you are ugly on the inside

Answer 13

If you're joking, that's very funny. If not, I want to thank you for trying to send one more shallow person into the world. That's the problem nowadays, people are far too thoughtful and kind, because they're so focused on others.

Answer 14

If her brows bugged her, she would probably pluck them or shave them without even asking you first. I shaved mine myself, but I was older; like 14 or 15. My mom was pissed when I started plucking and shaving without asking her first. If your DD is okay with it, why is it bugging you? I agree whole heartedly with the previous posters.

Answer 15

She could be being difficult because she finds the process scary or painful.  She may have a different idea than you do of "normal" - and I mean perhaps she sees normal in a negative light, based on whatever she has learned or witnessed among her peers.  I would try explaining to her that as a child among children, she's going to have many difficulties over things that she can't do anything about, and so she should make efforts to do what she can about the things she can change.  I would explain to her that these are decisions and processes we all have to go through no matter what age we are.  Show her this answer and tell her it's written by someone with a chronic unibrow, if that helps ;) (I shave in between when I shave my face).

Answer 16

She cries because you're feeding her already low self-esteem? You think it doesn't embarass her to have a unibrow, but for that to be the only thing her own mother focuses on? Wow. I see why she cries. She's hurt because her mother can recognize her beauty, her mother can't recognize the good things she achieves and what is beautiful about her. No. Her mother only notices her "horrible unibrow".

Rather than tell her to pluck it (which at 22, I won't even do on myself because it hurts..granted, I don't have a unibrow, but that's not the point.) why not tell her that she is beautiful the way she is, regardless of what anyone says or does to her? Feed her some positive and pick her self-esteem up. That may help her to be more open to "fixing" the "horrible unibrow".

You need to help fix her self-esteem before you try to "fix" an already beautiful child.

P.S. Plucking and waxing hurts even at 22..what kind of pain will it cause an 8 year old. Do you really want to cause her pain?

Answer 17

Hey I like the idea of a boob job at 15 it will help her get a better guy maybe even outside the family? Hmm... Something to think about!

I wax my daughters back when she is sleeping. I do one big sheet of wax on her back then rip..... Off it come in one shot that way she only cry's once! I highly suggest that you do this as well. I use the microwaveable wax you buy at wal mart!

Answer 18

Just join the other kids in throwing stones and bottles at the little freak show. She might change her mind then.

Answer 19

your daughter is smart and she accepts who she is and dosent mind about the outside she is very upset that you are that angry about her apperence you are putting her confidence lower and lower she will aventually become insecure and uncomfortable knowing that people are judging her by her looks and she is normal no matter what

Answer 20

Wow..my condolences to you Woman2, she sounds like a tough cookie. Might I suggest brat camp? I really think that would be a good thing. It's never too early to put them into a military style camp to learn good discipline. Try that, and be sure to let the answers community know how it works for you. Happy plucking!

Answer 21

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Chloroform her! Once she is out you can wax or pluck for her.

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