AP Quickie: WTF? Controversy Around Willow Smith's Style/Hair

What do you think of the controversy around Willow Smith's style? Her mother Jada Pinkett Smith says: "The question why I would LET Willow cut her hair. First the LET must be challenged. This is a world where women,girls are constantly reminded that they don't belong to themselves; that their bodies are not their own, nor their power or self determination. I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are HER domain. Willow cut her hair because her beauty, her value, her worth is not measured by the length of her hair. It's also a statement that claims that even little girls have the RIGHT to own themselves and should not be a slave to even their mother's deepest insecurities, hopes and desires. Even little girls should not be a slave to the preconceived ideas of what a culture believes a little girl should be. More to come. Another day."
Thoughts?Photo above by Valerie Macon.

Tags: Hair, Jada, Pinkett, Smith, Style, Will, Willow

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Comment by Peytona Waddy on December 1, 2012 at 12:52pm: @ david russell:
money and fame have nothing to do with being a free-thinking, open-minded parent who isn't enslaved to what others might think. i come from a family of seven kids; both parents were teachers and you know how much THEY earn! but a more liberal-minded set of parents i have yet t meet. our mother let us paint our rooms any color we wanted - any color! though the budget was quite limited, she let us pick out our own carpet and furniture. doing this went a long way to alleviate the need we might have had to rebel and express ourselves.
jada (and will, by extension) is a wise mother and woman. hair grows back. people change. give your daughter the freedom to decide what she can do with her own hair, at least.

Comment by Deidre McPherson on November 30, 2012 at 7:15pm: I love Jada!!! And Willow's hair is stunning.

Comment by Chelsea on November 29, 2012 at 9:30am: I love Willow! You should watch the red table talk exclusive with Jada, her mother and Willow. It warmed my heart!

Comment by Siralop D. on November 28, 2012 at 7:40pm: More parents need to be like this towards their children period.

Comment by Jaime Quinn on November 28, 2012 at 3:30pm: Love Jada! such an awesome woman!

Comment by David Russell on November 28, 2012 at 1:36pm: I'm a little more conservative (I have a daughter also) so that expression would have to wait until 15 or 16 years old. I'm not saying she can't cut some hair off and get an edgy style, but all that is too much for her age. I guess when you parents have a bazillion dollars they are a little freer in the live style department.

Comment by Adam on November 28, 2012 at 1:19pm: well, i guess she won't be whipping it back and forth anymore . . .

. . . i think it's awesome to let her do that, though! :-)