3 Year Old Daughter Keeps Cutting Her Hair!!!

As a mother of 6, I can tell you, they will find a way to cut their hair! I was so upset when my oldest did it for the first time. It doesn't matter where you put the scissors, they will find them, be it at school, church, a friend's house, wherever... Don't worry, it's just hair, and it will grow back. In the meantime, take some pictures and you will laugh about it someday. My daughter cut ALL of her bangs completely off... she looked pretty silly for the first 6 months of kindergarten.
Good luck!

Marcia,

What i'm wondering is how did she get ahold of the scissors three times??!!! And as far as what she's doing..it's just get your attention..she doesn't want to hurt you. she loves you!!!! My nephew cut his little sister's hair off more than once! It became a game for them. She'll grow out of this..but you just have to give her "timeouts" or something to let her know this is not acceptable behavior when she's not getting her way.

it is quite frustrating, my oldest and youngest were hair cutters. only a couple of times tho. If you have set person you have who cuts your hair, make an agreement that only that person, or certain persons who've been trained should cut hair. To get the cutting thing out of her system, try to set aside some one on one to just cut paper, yeah, it's messy but it will help her learn. and you can chat with her about the people who should cut hair. (right like talking to a three year old is just so easy)
good luck
p.s.
I keep all of my scissors up reeeeeaaaaallllly high.

Marcia, Maybe the best way to react is not to react at all, or tell her how pretty it looks, (then put all of the scissors under lock and key). I know this would work when my daughter does things like this, but it's hard not to react. YOu would have to be totally non responsive and only comment on it as a matter of fact. Then ignore it and do the other things that were recommended like take her to the stylist and scour the house. It seems that the issue isn't that she cut her hair (one mom to the next, what a disappointment) but that the scissors are dangerous, she could have cut her ear. I would stress this point, not the hair. Good luck.

As a mother of 7 (1 boy and 6 girls) I can tell you that cutting hair is an unfortunate normal thing for some children. I had one daughter who cut her hair often (yes, we do hide the scissors, but they find them LOL) and not only hers but her siblings as well. The phase does pass and not all children go thru it. It has nothing to do with you so don't take it personal. It is fun to cut your own hair when you don't have any thought or care as to the outcome. Try looking at the it from your child's point of view. Sometimes they see the disaster after they cut their hair and that is enough for them to never do it again. And sometimes they do it a few more times. Be patient and remember this too shall pass!! (ps hair does grow back, my 6 yr old dd shaved her head)

Wow, that's not something I'm getting from my 2 year old ... I would put all of the scissors in a place that she absolutely can not get to them at ... if you have to put them on a shelf way way way out of her reach, then at least she can't get to them. I'd also put a call into her doc to see whats going on with her behavior. Good luck

My 3 year old daughter did it once and I put all scissors out of her reach, anything that would cut. Way up high and out of complete reach! Before she chops way to much off!