Curly Kids: The Handbook: How to Care for Your Child`s Glorious Hair, Massey Lorraine, Bender Michele

Embracing your natural curls is essential to self-acceptance. What a gift to be able to start children off right--loving their textured hair from the jump--with this beautiful, information-packed celebration of curly kids --Peggy Orenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex

On its surface, Curly Kids is a creative, practical handbook about curly hair: how to care for it, how to style it, how to solve problems like frizz and knots. But its also a book about empowering your kids and helping their self-esteem, because how we feel about our hair is more than follicle-deep--and thats especially true for curly kids who are known to go through bouts of self-consciousness and straight-hair envy.

So by helping you and your kids learn new techniques like the Curly Girl Method of co-washing (using conditioner to cleanse the hair) and following an easy set of curly dos and donts (never blow-fry curly hair), Curly Kids delivers a powerful promise: Teach your children how to love those fabulous curls--and with Masseys help, those curls will be fabulous--and theyll have the confidence to love all of themselves.

Includes:

• The nature and science behind curly hair
• Names for every curl shape
• What to tell the hair stylist
• Recipes for gentle rinses, washes, gels, and detanglers
• How to sleep with curls
• Special curly hairstyles for sports
• Plus true tales of Curly Kid inspiration