Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me.

We let Willow cut her hair. When you have a little girl, it’s like how can you teach her that you’re in control of her body? If I teach her that I’m in charge of whether or not she can touch her hair, she’s going to replace me with some other man when she goes out in the world. She can’t cut my hair but that’s her hair. She has got to have command of her body. So when she goes out into the world, she’s going out with a command that it is hers. She is used to making those decisions herself. We try to keep giving them those decisions until they can hold the full weight of their lives.

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Will Smith (on why he let Willow cut off all her hair)
Read more: Will Smith on Allowing Willow to Cut Her Hair: ‘She Has Got to Have Command of Her Body’

He raises a really great point. What would it mean to believe very early that my body was mine. That it’s not for anyone or for any particular purpose other than to be mine until I decide otherwise.
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I was damned near 30 before I could believe my body belonged to me & me alone.

Dear people who take an issue with this,
Let the Smiths do right by their babies & shut the fuck up about how you think they should parent.

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This is correct parenting. Seriously, let your children do what they want with their body BECAUSE IT IS THEIR BODY. My dad personally views piercings as a type of mutilation but did he say no when I wanted to get my ears pierced, my nose pierced, my lip pierced? No, because it was MY body. 
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I remember when I turned 18 and I gave myself a tattoo for a bday present and I was terrified of my mother seeing it so I hid it for almost a week (wore nothing but long sleeves). When she finally saw it and said something like “it’s your body, why should I be mad?” I remember thinking… “Wait, oh man… it IS mine!” I never want my daughters to have to doubt something as innate as that.
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Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door.

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