I often feel sad when I see a little girl crying because her hair is painful when being combed. This is the reason why some mums relax their daughters’ hair even at a very tender age.

Her mother relaxed Mitchell’s hair at home for years, using a product called “Just for Me,” which came in a brightly colored box with flowers and photos of smiling little girls with long ...

Growing up in rural Georgia, Jenny Mitchell was 10 years old when she began using chemical relaxers to straighten her hair. Her mother relaxed Mitchell’s hair at home for years, using a product called ...