No. I'm sure your intentions are fine, but this is not good advice.
We cannot keep perpetuating this idea that you have to fit in. That right there is one of the most harmful memes in our Western society today.
If a kid wants to use the razor to shave, that's fine. If a kid has a problem with obesity, yes, support that kid and help that kid find a better, healthier path.
But not in order to avoid oppression. Because it's better for his or her health. For her, or his, self esteem.
A person close to me was severely bullied when she moved to a new school. She was the only person with dark skin in a school of white Northern Europeans, at a time when there were racists in parliament and a serial killer was murdering persons of color.
What do you figure she would do to fit in?
It's the bullies that has to change. The silent bystanders. Us. We must say "Wow, you have beautiful facial hair". We must embrace diversity.
We cannot keep perpetuating this idea that you have to fit in. That right there is one of the most harmful memes in our Western society today.
If a kid wants to use the razor to shave, that's fine. If a kid has a problem with obesity, yes, support that kid and help that kid find a better, healthier path.
But not in order to avoid oppression. Because it's better for his or her health. For her, or his, self esteem.
A person close to me was severely bullied when she moved to a new school. She was the only person with dark skin in a school of white Northern Europeans, at a time when there were racists in parliament and a serial killer was murdering persons of color.
What do you figure she would do to fit in?
It's the bullies that has to change. The silent bystanders. Us. We must say "Wow, you have beautiful facial hair". We must embrace diversity.
Not eradicate it.