I am thrilled to partner with Dove to share LoveYourHair.com with you, and to encourage women everywhere to inspire their daughters to love their hair. Confidence, self acceptance and self love don’t come easily to a lot of women. I understand this all to well. A recent study by Dove shows that 8 in 10 women feel pressure to wear their hair a certain way. For many, this is a pressure that comes at an early age. I have already seen this with my 8 year old who fusses a lot about her hair.
I want her to know how much I love her and how important she is to me.
We have been having so much fun getting to know each other better and becoming a family these last few months. Tati is obsessed with taking selfies of us. We are by no means professional selfie takers, but we have a lot of fun with it and that’s what counts. Here we are riding Dumbo at the Magic Kingdom, snuggling on the couch, riding a ferris wheel at a local carnival, and enjoying a late summer day at the beach.
Being mom to an 8 year old girl is proving to be much different from my experiences as a boy mom. Tati is much more emotional, sensitive, and self conscious about her appearance than my son was at her age.
She often asks me why her hair is curly and not straight like mine, or why her skin is darker. I tell her that she is a beautiful mix of her mom and dad, and that she got the best of both of them. It can be hard to know just what to say in these moments. I try to keep it a fluid conversation and positively reinforce how beautiful, and smart and good she is on a regular basis. I tell her in the morning as I am brushing through her beautiful, unruly curls.
Confidence begins at home.
82% of girls learn their self-confidence from their mothers. YOU, as a mother, you hold the power to help your little girl celebrate her hair today, so that she loves it tomorrow.
Inspire Your Daughter to Love Her Hair
Instilling confidence in Tati is so important to me which is why I am such a fan of the Dove #LoveYourHair campaign. Girls shouldn’t have to feel anxiety over their hair looking a certain way. Join the Dove Love Your Hair mission to encourage your daughters to love their hair and know they’re beautiful no matter what.
Dove has put together LoveYourHair.com where you can upload a photo of your daughter, or one of both of you like I did, and then add a personal touch and share what you love about your daughter’s hair. It’s super cute and fun, and by sharing it you’ll be inspiring other mothers to encourage their daughters to love their hair.
This is a sponsored post with Dove. All opinions are my own.
This is great. My daughter has the most gorgeous natural highlights. I beg her not to dye her hair.
My daughter has super curly hair and has finally embraced it and I am so glad that she has! It is beautiful!
I love that Dove is trying to inspire girls to love themselves as they are. They get so many negative messages.
I have been using Dove products for years. I love how soft and manageable it leaved my Daughters curls.
My daughter has thick straight hair which she hated when she was younger because she said she looked like hair that grew arms and legs. I told her that other people even envy her locks and I told her that she should look at it as a blessing. I love that Dove took this initiative to make girls love their own hair!
I love that you are paying attention and teaching her to love herself! (Especially seeing what’s beautiful about the parts she might not like) She is beautiful and so is her hair!
Love these products that boost our confidence and teach us to love ourselves. Hopefully all women will feel confident of their hair.
I love this. Our daughters have been through a lot so anything I can do to help boost their confidence is a priority and I just think a campaign like this is much needed, so awesome!
She has absolutely beautiful hair, I have to admit I’ve never been a fan of how out of control mine is perhaps one day I’ll learn to love it. x
I think it is great that you give so much support and thought to your daughter.
I have an 8 year old niece who shares these same issues.