The uniform hairstyle of this class of middle school girls has recently been given a new name on the Internet, which is called "catfish whiskers". The reason is a video shared by a middle school teacher, in which the students are lying on the table in their wide school uniforms doing exercises, but the girls almost without exception hang two locks of hair from the top of their foreheads, covering half of their faces.
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The "catfish whiskers" hairstyle that the girls brushed together has aroused heated discussions among netizens. It also triggered a group of people's youth memories: thick bangs can cover the excessively high forehead and acne of adolescence, eight-figure bangs can modify the face shape that is not "perfect", and behind the child's highly unified hairstyle, are there different aesthetics in different eras?
Behind the "catfish whiskers", what kind of cross-generational education crisis is being carried out by children, parents, and teachers?
Because of the bangs
Parents always quarrel with their daughters who are junior high school students
"The youth of the teenagers is invincible, how beautiful and refreshing it is to tie a ponytail! Even if you tie a ponytail, you must leave two 'catfish whiskers'. Ms. He is the mother of a first-year junior high school girl, and she has quarreled with her daughter many times in the past year because of hairstyle problems.
Ms. Ho remembers that her daughter's change began in the second semester of sixth grade. During that time, my daughter often discussed clothes and hairstyles with a few good friends, and she also loved to search for videos of dressing up on Xiaohongshu. "She has never had bangs or ponytail hairstyles, and later she was very dissatisfied and cut her hair with 'figure-eight bangs'. She said that she had a big face and wanted to 'reshape her face'. When I was doing my homework, the 'catfish whiskers' next to my face hung up, and I looked at it and 'poked' it to death, and I couldn't wait to clip it to her!"
Ms. He's daughter's primary and junior high school have requirements for hairstyles, and girls can't wear their hair, but they don't have specific requirements for bangs. I bought her all kinds of hairpins, trying to convince her to use them, so that she could get fresh hair, and every time she didn't say a few words, she would jump around. ”
The parent, Ms. Wang's family, also has a daughter of "catfish beard hairstyle" of "the same style".
"It may be that 'catfish whiskers' have grown on the aesthetic point of post-10s girls. Many of her classmates have 'catfish whiskers'. Ms. Wang said that her daughter's junior high school has high requirements for hairstyles, and girls can't wear hair or bangs, so when she usually goes to school, her daughter ties a ponytail and then uses the simplest black hairpin to clip the "catfish whiskers". But every night when she comes home from self-study, her daughter will quickly remove the hairpin and let the "catfish whiskers" hang up.
Ms. Wang said that when she was studying, the school required girls to have no more bangs than eyebrows, no longer than ears, and no long hair, "At that time, I also loved to dress up, and I was also eager to have good-looking long hair, so I also understood my daughter's 'persistence' in hairstyle." Ms. Wang said that perhaps she was drenched in the rain when she was a child, and she also wanted to hold an umbrella for the next generation when she grew up, "As long as it meets the school rules, I don't have too many requirements for my daughter." ”
Another post-85 mother is also more tolerant, she said that she also permed "tin foil perm" and "swallowtail head" when she was young, and she also thought those hairstyles were super good-looking. "Now parents are no longer good at engaging in 'Yiyantang', and they know how to respect their children's ideas, personalities and preferences. Every age group has its own rebellion, and overcorrection is not good for growth. ”
"Catfish Whiskers"
Why is it highly sought after by junior high school girls?
In middle school, girls are surprisingly consistent in their hair aesthetics. The oblique bangs of the post-80s, the Qi bangs of the post-90s, the air bangs of the post-00s, and now the "catfish whiskers" of the post-10s...... No matter what generation of middle school students, they have been dominated by a hairstyle.
There are thousands of hairstyles, why is the "catfish beard" hairstyle the most popular among junior high school students?
For this hairstyle, post-10 students have their own ideas, every time parents or teachers ask them to cut off the "catfish whiskers", they will be refused, and there are thousands of reasons:
The "catfish whisker" hairstyle saves time and effort, can be completed without a comb, and the saved time can also be memorized words or something;
This hairstyle is relatively loose, the scalp is relaxed, does not hurt the hair, and protects the hairline in advance;
This is a hairstyle that does not pick the face shape, and can cover the forehead, or cheekbones, making the face look smaller;
The hair curtain can cover your eyes, cover the unbearable pimples, make people feel more secure, and you will not be found by the teacher when you doze off in class;
Under the influence of the atmosphere of "everybody is doing this", if you don't wear this hairstyle, you will look out of place or ostracized......
Psychologists believe that adolescence is an important stage of individual psychological development, and adolescent children are eager to show themselves and pursue individuality at this stage. As an important part of personal image, clothing and hairstyle are important ways for junior high school students to express themselves and show their personality. Girls in junior high school are at an age when they are highly sensitive, curious and eager to explore, and they are more susceptible to social media and online trends.
It can be seen that the so-called "uniform hairstyle for middle school girls" does not come out of thin air, but is an imitation of a certain fashion fashion by adolescent girls. It's just that middle school students have no conditions or energy to make their bangs become "the same style as the star", and with the passage of time, the fluffy bangs will gradually collapse, and under the combined action of gravity, sweat and oil, they will eventually become the "catfish whiskers" that parents can't understand.
Instead of resisting
It's better to guide subtly
When parents and children quarrel over "catfish whiskers", what should they pay more attention to?
A senior psychology teacher in junior high school said that both children and parents will be affected by different cultures, fashion trends and personal preferences in their aesthetic concepts of hairstyles and clothing. And children fall in love with "catfish whiskers" bangs, probably because they feel that this is more in line with their own aesthetics and personality.
"From the perspective of a psychology teacher, I suggest that my mother first recall her feelings of wanting to pursue beauty during her adolescence. It is necessary to maintain an open and respectful attitude and understand the psychological needs of children in pursuit of fashion and individuality. You can also talk to your child about why she likes this hairstyle. In the process of communication, parents can appropriately express their concerns and opinions, such as worrying that the hairstyle will affect the child's image and academics. However, it is necessary to be careful to avoid excessive interference and accusations, and to pay attention to the way of speaking is equal, so as not to trigger the child's disgust and resistance. ”
The psychology teacher reminded that parents can guide their children to understand different aesthetic concepts and cultural backgrounds, and it is best to talk about their own aesthetics, so that children can maintain respect for traditional culture and social norms while pursuing individuality.
As a student, it is okay to pursue fashion, but after all, the main task is to study, and you should still maintain a positive, lively and healthy attitude, and focus more time and energy on learning and self-improvement.
In addition, everyone is unique, and beauty and ugliness are not in the hairstyle, but in the sunshine and confidence in the heart, without having to cater to other people's aesthetic standards.
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Long bangs, oblique bangs
Not friendly to the eyes
It is understood that the Ministry of Education has unified standards for hairstyles for primary and secondary school students:
Boys are not allowed to have long hair and sideburns, and girls are not required to wear short hair, but they must make sure that the bangs do not exceed the eyebrows, and the hair should be tied up longer than the collar.
Why do we need to set such a standard for "student heads"? As for long bangs, regardless of whether they are beautiful or not, we need to pay attention to the harm to the eyes.
Ophthalmologists have previously proposed the theory of form deprivation, which states that not being able to see clearly can itself cause or exacerbate myopia. Being obscured from the eye, whether it is a child with ptosis, congenital cataracts, or long bangs, can cause deprivation of shape. Whether it's oblique bangs that block one eye or long bangs that block both eyes, eye strain can occur. Especially in children and adolescents, long-term visual fatigue, blurred vision, and squinting can easily cause myopia or deepen myopia.
In addition, excessively long bangs can cause frequent direct contact and friction between the hair and the eyeballs, which may cause corneal damage.
When bangs rub against the eyes, it will cause itchy eyes with a foreign body feeling, and if you can't help but rub your eyes often, it will also bring dirt into your eyes, which may cause eye infection, stye, conjunctivitis, and even keratitis.
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So, there are so many risks with long bangs and oblique bangs, is it not recommended to keep them?
When trimming the liuhai, it is recommended to do the following: the length of the bangs should not cover the eyebrows, at most the eyebrows should be full, the width of the bangs should be outside the eye sockets, preferably beyond the midline of the ears and eyelids, to avoid blocking the field of vision, do not imitate the image of celebrities or anime, and leave oblique bangs that cover one eye; when the bangs are too long, use clips to pin them to avoid affecting the field of vision, which is also a good choice.