Will Smith on Willow Smith Cutting Her Hair

[capitol_barbie]

“We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command

Comments

[devour_theflesh]

Hmmm! I like this thought process.

[capitol_barbie]

Me too. Willow cutting her hair is a simple thing but it can also say a lot.

[one_hoopy_frood]

That's pretty awesome and thoughtful. Willow seems like a very confident girl so he and Jada are obviously doing a good job instilling that in her!

[froda_baggins]

I approve.

[maikamariel]

A+ parenting!

[hesaysheinlove]

Why am I agreeing with Will Smith?? What is this?

I wish my parents had been more like this. I was taught that I had to have a man to do anything. I'm 26 and my parents still like to bitch if I drive to see them instead of making my husband come with me so he can drive.

[capitol_barbie]

Haha, I had the same thought. I can only imagine the freak out my parents would have if I had wanted to cut off all my hair when I was a kid. Hell, they would probably have the same freak out now.

[hesaysheinlove]

I can't even imagine it. I wasn't even allowed to wear black pants or choose the color of my room.

[nyxelestia]

...holy shit. o.O That kind of authoritarianism and sexism is terrifying, honestly. Then again, when my mother told me (when I was 7) that I couldn't get my hair cut, I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut my own hair.

I'm 26 and my parents still like to bitch if I drive to see them instead of making my husband come with me so he can drive.

How bad is it that my first thought was that your parents sound like they'd love living in Saudi Arabia?