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Article: HAIR SPRAY SAFE, INAPPROPRIATE FOR KIDS

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December 27, 1999
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Q: My 11-year-old daughter insists on using hair spray. I'm not wild about the idea but cannot give her any factual reasons for my objection.

Can you help?

A: I wish I could, but hair spray will not affect her health.

Nonetheless, I agree that the use of this product is inappropriate at her age; it is an example of what has been called the "hurried child syndrome," the tendency of some youngsters -- predominantly girls -- to rush through their childhoods by adopting adult trappings, such as hair spray and dyes, lipstick, mascara and other "grown-up" items.

Perhaps the best approach would be an honest one, in which you indicate that hair spray is not a necessary component of a healthy ...

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