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Love those curls! 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 it s 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 that s 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 don ts (never blow-fry curly hair), Curly Kids delivers a powerful promise: Teach your children how to love those fabulous curls and with Massey s help, those curls will be fabulous and they ll 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

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Embracing your natural curls is essential to self-acceptance, but for many of us the journey was fraught and took decades. What a gift, then, 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 best-selling author of Girls Sex and Boys Sex

Embracing your natural curls is essential to self-acceptance, but for many of us the journey was fraught and took decades. What a gift, then, 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 best-selling author of Girls & Sex and Boys & Sex

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Lorraine Massey is the author of Curly Girl: The Handbook, founder of Devachan Salons, and cofounder of DevaCurl products. She now works independently, teaching the Curl by Curl cutting technique and leading the movement to more natural hair care products with the launch of her new company, CurlyWorld , and new NYC salon, Spiral (x,y, z).Michele Bender, co-author of Silver Hair and Curly Girl, is an award-winning freelance writer. She has co-authored best-selling books, such as Believe Me with Yolanda Hadid and The Immune System Recovery Plan with Dr. Susan Blum. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Real Simple and Family Circle, among other national publications. She lives in New York City.

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