"All advocacy is, at its core, an
exercise in empathy."
~ Samantha Power
One of my
teenage daughters had been lobbying for a significantly shorter haircut for
some time. I had resisted. My rationale?
She would not have long hair for graduation, which I thought she might
want to have. (No matter that graduation
is more than a couple of years away and that she is not concerned about this.) I finally conceded to take her for a
much-needed trim. She told the
hairdresser that she wanted more than a trim.
I explained why not. There was...
graduation. "Two years from
now?" the hairdresser asked incredulously, "It will grow!" And with that, her newfound advocate got me to
nod my head for a shorter look.
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