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<p>Anyone who grew up with one eyebrow instead of two might look back at childhood photos and joke, &quot;Why didn&#39;t someone wax my eyebrows?&quot; But in reality, pouring hot wax on a child&#39;s face is a little more complicated than that.</p><p>A woman recently <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/othump/aita_for_waxing_my_5_year_old_daughters_unibrow/">took to Reddit</a> to ask if she was wrong for waxing her five-year-old daughter&#39;s unibrow after she was being bullied. Her daughter is happy with it, but her husband is furious.</p><h2>It all started when her cousins made fun of her:</h2><blockquote> <p>So my five year old daughter has a pretty thick dark unibrow, that is very noticeable. Because of covid, her preschool was online, therefore she was never bullied for having it. However this past summer her cousins came over to visit and many of them teased her for her unibrow.</p> </blockquote><h2>Now she thinks she&#39;s &quot;ugly&quot;:</h2><blockquote> <p>They&#39;d call her countless names, and at just five years old my daughter already thinks she is ugly. It breaks my heart because nobody (let alone a five year old) should think they are ugly. I reassure my daughter she is beautiful and not to listen to her cousins, but my daughter still believes she is ugly.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She doesn&#39;t want the bullying to continue:</h2><blockquote> <p>In a week she is starting kindergarten, and I really do not want the bullying to get worse there. So yesterday I took it in my hands to wax her unibrow. I didn&#39;t shape them or anything just waxed the middle off to get rid of her unibrow.</p> </blockquote><h2>Her daughter was happy about it:</h2><blockquote> <p>My daughter was elated looking in the mirror and calling herself so pretty. It warmed my heart to see her so confident in herself, but I made sure to remind her she was beautiful both ways.</p> </blockquote><h2>But her husband? Not so much:</h2><blockquote> <p>When my husband came home my daughter was so excited to show him her eyebrows. In front of her he called her beautiful but after she left we had a huge fight.</p> </blockquote><h2>He launched into a tirade:</h2><blockquote> <p>He said it was horrible of me to be subjecting my five year old daughter to beauty standards. And that at such a young age im pushing it on her, instead of telling her she is beautiful the way she is. And no five year old should be waxing their eyebrows, and im pushing the mentality that she is only beautiful without her unibrow. And that my daughter is too young to know what she wants and she should have been able to make her decision to wax it off when she is old enough.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>She gets it, but she doesn&#39;t want her daughter to be bullied:</h2><blockquote> <p>I truly understand all the points he has made, however my daughter told me she wanted to get rid of her unibrow. And I didn&#39;t want her to grow up with the bullying and teasing and blame me because i could have prevented it.</p> </blockquote><h2>The people of the internet are mostly on the mom&#39;s side.</h2><p>AITASSBDGifs has experience with this type of bullying:</p><blockquote> <p>I, a female, have very dark and thick arm and leg hair. I got called half-ape all through elementary. I would come home and cry for an hour daily. Mom offered to me that I could wax. I did. It helped my self esteem. Now that I&#39;m in my 20&#39;s I&#39;ve just stopped caring. I have more important things to worry about. But I still think my mom did that right thing.</p> </blockquote><p>herekitykitty520 says:</p><blockquote> <p>If your daughter wanted it, and you can do this one simple thing to prevent bullying for her..it is worth it. That being said, you or the cousin&#39;s parents should have shut that shit down the moment it started happening</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>velvelteen94 also gets it:</p><blockquote> <p>As a woman who had a mustache for way too long, NTA. He does not understand what growing hair is like as a woman or girl and is refusing to understand.</p> </blockquote><p>Bakecrazy says:</p><blockquote> <p>It&#39;s noble of him to offer to change society&#39;s backward views of beauty and offering your daughter as sacrifice to that alter.</p> <p>Your kid has already been bullied about it and now she is happy and more confident. Your husband needs to cool down but also definitely talk to those bully&#39;s parents about it.</p> </blockquote><p>And peopleberifling makes a good point:</p><blockquote> <p>It is horrible that she&#39;s being subjected to beauty standards by the world around her. His assumption that the messages are coming from only you and not every other part of her life is not an assumption based in reality.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Okay-Newt says this is the world we live in:</p><blockquote> <p>You thought you were doing what was best for her and tried to protect her. Your husband is justifiably upset though. It&#39;s so unfair that people can make others feel bad about the way they were born, but that&#39;s the reality we live in.</p> <p>If it boosts your daughter&#39;s confidence, I&#39;d support it. But never bring it up to her unless she does, and be sure to remind her that she&#39;s beautiful either way.</p> </blockquote><h2>So there you have it. It&#39;s okay to wax a child&#39;s unibrow, because the world sucks.</h2><p>Hope this kid has a great first week of kindergarten.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom asks if she was wrong to wax her five-year-old's unibrow.

Anyone who grew up with one eyebrow instead of two might look back at childhood photos and joke, &quot;Why didn&#39;t someone wax my eyebrows?&quot; But in reality, pouring hot wax on a child&#39;s face is a little more complicated than that.A woman recently took to Reddit to ask if she was wrong for waxing her five-year-old daughter&#39;s unibrow after she was being bullied. Her daughter is happy with it, but her husband is furious.It all started when her cousins made fun of her: So my five year old daughter has a pretty thick dark unibrow, that is very noticeable. Because of covid, her preschool was online, therefore she was never bullied for having it. However this past summer her cousins came over to visit and many of them teased her for her unibrow. Now she thinks she&#39;s &quot;ugly&quot;: They&#39;d call her countless names, and at just five years old my daughter already thinks she is ugly. It breaks my heart because nobody (let alone a five year old) should think they are ugly. I reassure my daughter she is beautiful and not to listen to her cousins, but my daughter still believes she is ugly. She doesn&#39;t want the bullying to continue: In a week she is starting kindergarten, and I really do not want the bullying to get worse there. So yesterday I took it in my hands to wax her unibrow. I didn&#39;t shape them or anything just waxed the middle off to get rid of her unibrow. Her daughter was happy about it: My daughter was elated looking in the mirror and calling herself so pretty. It warmed my heart to see her so confident in herself, but I made sure to remind her she was beautiful both ways. But her husband? Not so much: When my husband came home my daughter was so excited to show him her eyebrows. In front of her he called her beautiful but after she left we had a huge fight. He launched into a tirade: He said it was horrible of me to be subjecting my five year old daughter to beauty standards. And that at such a young age im pushing it on her, instead of telling her she is beautiful the way she is. And no five year old should be waxing their eyebrows, and im pushing the mentality that she is only beautiful without her unibrow. And that my daughter is too young to know what she wants and she should have been able to make her decision to wax it off when she is old enough. She gets it, but she doesn&#39;t want her daughter to be bullied: I truly understand all the points he has made, however my daughter told me she wanted to get rid of her unibrow. And I didn&#39;t want her to grow up with the bullying and teasing and blame me because i could have prevented it. The people of the internet are mostly on the mom&#39;s side.AITASSBDGifs has experience with this type of bullying: I, a female, have very dark and thick arm and leg hair. I got called half-ape all through elementary. I would come home and cry for an hour daily. Mom offered to me that I could wax. I did. It helped my self esteem. Now that I&#39;m in my 20&#39;s I&#39;ve just stopped caring. I have more important things to worry about. But I still think my mom did that right thing. herekitykitty520 says: If your daughter wanted it, and you can do this one simple thing to prevent bullying for her..it is worth it. That being said, you or the cousin&#39;s parents should have shut that shit down the moment it started happening velvelteen94 also gets it: As a woman who had a mustache for way too long, NTA. He does not understand what growing hair is like as a woman or girl and is refusing to understand. Bakecrazy says: It&#39;s noble of him to offer to change society&#39;s backward views of beauty and offering your daughter as sacrifice to that alter. Your kid has already been bullied about it and now she is happy and more confident. Your husband needs to cool down but also definitely talk to those bully&#39;s parents about it. And peopleberifling makes a good point: It is horrible that she&#39;s being subjected to beauty standards by the world around her. His assumption that the messages are coming from only you and not every other part of her life is not an assumption based in reality. Okay-Newt says this is the world we live in: You thought you were doing what was best for her and tried to protect her. Your husband is justifiably upset though. It&#39;s so unfair that people can make others feel bad about the way they were born, but that&#39;s the reality we live in. If it boosts your daughter&#39;s confidence, I&#39;d support it. But never bring it up to her unless she does, and be sure to remind her that she&#39;s beautiful either way. So there you have it. It&#39;s okay to wax a child&#39;s unibrow, because the world sucks.Hope this kid has a great first week of kindergarten.

Anyone who grew up with one eyebrow instead of two might look back at childhood photos and joke, &quot;Why didn&#39;t someone wax my eyebrows?&quot; But in reality, pouring hot wax on a child&#39;s face is a little more complicated than...