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| Untangle this task, continued ...Published: January, 2010 |
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He worked on perfecting his daughter’s hair, and after getting hair questions from his Navy shooting buddies who had daughters, and his brother who has twin girls, he realized there may be a market for this.
“I thought if I wrote this out in a way that men could understand, it would help, especially if they knew it was written by a dad.”
He’s right. Besides having a lot of pictures as examples, the book is written with tips any dad can follow. It’s even got a section on how to do, gulp, a bun!
Lawrey found in this hair-raising journey that the time spent doing his daughter’s hair had other benefits. Bonding with Dad, he notes, can pay big dividends down the road.
“Professionals say that when a dad is involved, the daughter’s self-confidence level will be huge,” he says. “She’s going to stand taller. She will pick better in relationships.”
So if that means I need to learn how to do a bun, the results are definitely worth the trouble.
Tony Dodero is a longtime Orange County journalist and former editor of the Daily Pilot. Contact him at doderocommunications.com.
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Readers Feedback:
Tony - I can really realte to the hair thing. I know one style - pony tail, and that's it. Perhaps the next time a mom mentions that it looks like dad did the hair, you should say "my daughter did it herself." What's the difference if she has a sloppy pony tail as long as she's learning independence.
| Comment at 1/6/2010 |
great finishing thought Tony!! A hairdo is just for the day, but the confidence will last a lifetime!!
| Comment at 1/6/2010 |
Very nice piece Tony, having three daughters of my own 17, 10, and 2 all with hair of different length, style and texture with two of the girls in performance dance I have been tasked with buns (tons of little black pins) braiding, and several variations of ponytails. I can tall you with a certain degree of confidence that the only thing worse than a bad hair day is a dad hair day as far as my girls are concerned. Be that as it may, there is something very nurturing and comforting to my daughters when I have them sitting on the ground between my old noisey knees, facing away from me as I brush through their hair. (as long as I don't hit any knots) It provides a moment of connection even though we are not looking at each other. I will take a look at the Lawrrey book and try to improve on my skills but I don't want to improve too much, because I still like being a hack of a back up to my wife the Queen of All Things Coiffed. Keep up the Good Work
| Comment at 1/7/2010 |
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