School shaved 7-year-old girl’s head without mom’s permission, reportedly said 'it will grow back straight'

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Denise Robinson says her 7-year-old daughter Tru's head was shaved without her permission. (Photo: @JacquiHeinrich, Twitter)

A Massachusetts mom says her 7-year-old daughter's head was shaved bald without her permission.

Little Heroes Group Home in Dracut had Denise Robinson’s daughter Tru's head shaved about a week ago, 7News Boston reports. Robinson said her daughter, who previously had hair down her back, was told the decision was made because of hygiene.

"There was no hygenical reason for them to shave my child’s head. There was no head lice. There was no bed bugs. There was no, what I refer to as, rasta locks going on," Robinson, who is now working with a lawyer, told station NECN. "Her hair was two pony tails on the side on Saturday and it was braided in the ponytails and there was nothing wrong."

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Before and after: this Mom says program SHAVED HER DAUGHTER’S HEAD without permission, told her it would grow back straight @boston25pic.twitter.com/VniNk4yLw0 — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) October 20, 2017

Before the haircut, Robinson’s attorney, Richard Kendell, said a school volunteer told Tru "by shaving her head, her hair would grow back straight," CBS Boston reports.

The mom told NECN she feels like her daughter, who already has severe emotional issues, was "violated."

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BudahFunk on October 24th, 2017 at 17:35 UTC »

The article says this happened in a group home, that would be different than just a school.

Who had legal custody of the child at the time? If this child was in a group home it may not be the mother.

cabridges on October 24th, 2017 at 17:03 UTC »

When our oldest son first went to pre-K he had never had a haircut. His hair was fine and white-blonde and gave him an ethereal look we liked. My mother said if we ever did cut it, she wanted it to save.

A substitute teacher didn't like long hair on boys so she cut it off.

My wife is an extremely shy person who was terrified, at the time, of confrontation. She laid into that teacher, yelled at the principal, and made damn sure that person was never allowed near our son again. Turns out she was afraid of confrontation for her own sake but you did not lay a hand on our kids.

Echa_Pa_Lante on October 24th, 2017 at 16:59 UTC »

How dumb can someone be to think hair texture will change by shaving? Also that's a whole other layer of fucked up by insinuating that straight hair is good hair.