Celebs letting their kids play in makeup is nothing new. However, celebs letting their kids dye their hair isn't quite as common. But leave it to former Bachelor contestant Amanda Stanton to change that. She set Instagram on fire when she posted a photo revealing her 6-year-old daughter rocking some brand-new highlights.
The decision is leaving several to question Stanton's parenting skills and some are even wondering if she's mentally ill. Yes. Mentally ill.
So are the naysayers really '"trolls"? We'll let you decide.
If you're familiar with The Bachelor, you're probably familiar with this face.
This is Amanda Stanton, the former Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise contestant who has been known to always stir up some drama both on and off the television screen.
However, the 28-year-old mother of two has always made it clear that her daughters are her first priority.
Her daughters, ages 5 and 6, have been a common fixture on her Instagram feed. She often takes them along for all of her daily errands.
And that includes hair appointments.
After asking Instagram if they thought she should allow her 6-year-old daughter to highlight her hair, the resounding answer was "no." However, Stanton did it anyway and chronicled her young daughter getting "babylights." The decision, as you can imagine, was not received well.
Many came after Stanton's parental skills.
"Who is surprised?? Amanda is a narcissistic mother who does anything for attention. Moron," one Twitter user wrote.
Yikes.
Some said it's "just hair."
"It's just hair," someone else said. "But here's my question for Amanda. The kid wants highlights to feel grown up. If you let her do this kind of stuff when she's 6, what higher stakes things is she going to need to feel grown up when she's 16?"
Some responses were a little more shocking.
"My mother did this to me. She was diagnosed as having narcissistic personality disorder." Well, we didn't see that one coming.
Instagram, however, is where most of the chaos ensued.
"What, are you trying to be her BFF instead of her mommy? Trust me, she's adorable, she's going to have plenty of friends, she only has one mother. Act like it and stop trying to make her a mini you."
Some implied that her daughter would mature way too fast in other ways.
"Oy don't have them grow up so fast. You think it's so cute when she's pregnant at 14."
Some sided with Stanton.
"Meanwhile all these people making comments judging you probably have children with cell phones doing God knows what on them. So what her daughter got highlights. Kids who come from nurturing, loving homes end up on top."
Some could identify and also colored their hair at a young age.
"My mom let myself and my little sister color our hair so young, and I'm so thankful she did! Neither of us are scarred and both of us still love to play with beauty trends!"
Do you think people have been making too big a deal out of this?
"Oh gosh why is everyone making such a big deal about her daughter getting her hair done? Little kids get their hair done too."
Should Stanton try to focus her daughter's attention on other things?
"The kids I teach think of dolls and dinosaurs at this age, not changing the colour of their hair. Just saying!"
All in all, the response was overwhelmingly negative.
"You would do anything for attention. But your child that is just wrong."
Stanton took to her Instagram to call the naysayers "trolls."
"Confession: when I posted the poll about getting Kins hair (HARDLY) highlighted, I knew it would trigger the trolls…. But I did it anyway… So in a way I was trolling the trolls!"
So what are your thoughts?
