Little girls in hijabs

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Re: Little girls in hijabs

@S_and_S

Op, I am not in favor of a five year old in Hijab. It’s simply not necessary at that point. With that being said, one of my friends daughters took on hijab recently. On her own, her parents never forced her and she has even been keeping it on during pool parties all the while wearing shorts and a tshirt lol. Why you may ask? Because she sees everyone around her doing it. All of their immidetae friends and family don hijabs and she goes to school with all of** her little friends who for the most part are told they have to wear it**. Her best friend is somewhat forced to wear it by one of her parents and she decided to take it on because she must have felt different than the rest. Her reasons have nothing to do with a religious decision but because she’s a growing little girl learning to observe others around her. No one forced her and she was even taught that she has no obligation for it however they did tell her that if decides to wear it she will have to commit to it and explained the importance of sticking with her choice. Now it’s difficult to make her take it off even when it’s all girls around because it’s her choice and for the time being she is set with keeping it on.
It shouldn’t be hard to believe that not all parents force their children, little girls are very impressionable. Some like to dance to Shiela which I have also seen and is also really cute and some want to take on hijab simply because of their environments.

This thread was never about whether the hijab should be worn or not but rather if parents should decide that choice, especially at a young age. As you have pointed out, there are some little girls who don’t have a choice in not wearing it. Several users have also said that some little girls are “trained” into wearing it so they don’t have to make the choice when the time comes because it was already made for them very early on. If you see nothing wrong with that, that’s fine but I simply believe that hijab should be an informed choice at an appropriate age and not something parents coerce their daughters into doing. Apparently having that opinion is “extreme”.