i believe that hair is hair. and if you have it ur very blessed! So try to manage it the best way you no know how because sooner or later its not really going to matter!but hair is beatiful! We are all blessed with it!have fun with it!

I am a mother of 2 girls and try to teach them to love themselves, care for their bodies, accept others and treat others as they wish to be treated. Watching this show, i was appalled at the way these mothers are destroying their children. Yes, i am white, so you may say i don't understand the cultural background. That said, i hope to never understand an individual person making the choice to cause their child to feel ugly being the person that God created them to be. I do not feel we can blame this on a culture as a whole, but on individual parents condemning who their children naturally are.

I'm 17 years old, black and I haven't relaxed my hair in a year, but I do straighten it with a straighter. I felt like this show was just a little bit ridiculous and not just because I feel it's an insincere message from a woman who wears weaves herself. I switch back and forth between straight and curly hair, and honestly I would feel better if my hair was "better" or looser curls. And maybe it might come with time and effort, which honestly I doubt, but it's hard to wait that long to teach your hair to behave in a certain way when people treat you differently, and your dad says it looks terrible every time he sees you. It doesn't make you want to work for it.

Hey Tyra (if you read these), i admit, i'm a male fan of the show. i appreciate what the show stands for, and i like that you have fun stuff just tossed in there from time to time. my girlfriend LOVES your show, so we usually watch together. now, the reason i'm writing, i'm of mixed race (Black, Irish, and Dutch). my hair is a blend of the 3. i hate my hair, but i don't think i have bad hair, in fact, when i let it grow long, i love going out to the clubs, cuz i can sit in a booth all night and the girls will come to me to run their fingers thru my soft curls. i hate my hair becuz it's so hard to manage. becuz i have a blend of 3 different types of hair, my hair has ended up being thick (i have lots), very fine, and full of volume (due to the wavy ringlets it grows into). i had to bring this up, cuz i grew up in a city with a VERY low black population (or any race other than caucasian, for that matter) so i was made fun of for the afro my hair grew into when i was little. i overcame those issues and by high school, most of those people stopped making fun of me for my hair and started wishing they had my hair (girls in particular). i wish the parents of those kids knew this, or had experienced things the way i had, becuz no matter what anyone's hair looks like, everyone has something they don't like about themselves. period. those kids do NOT need anymore pressure put on them. they get enuff from school. the parents are supposed to be showing their kids how to

I just watched the show on bad hair/good hair. I am a white woman and I understand that African American women have more problems with their hair but every man woman and child of every nationality has hair problems. We all fuss with it being too curly, too straight, too frizzy, bad color, colic's, etc. We all want it to look like someone we admire. We all need to be proud of who we are and work with what we have. As adults we can choose to color, straighten, cut or what ever it takes. As small children, washing, cutting and combing show be all a child requires. Let them be natural and decide when they are adults what they want to do with their hair. I felt so bad that the small children on the show were not happy with their hair and believe that is the parents brain washing speaking out.

Dear Tyra, I believe that you and Chris Rock have opened up a BIG CAN OF WORMS on this particular subject of "good hair". This subject has been avoided for a long time and I'm proud that you finally touched on it. I am a proud black woman who does relax her hair. When I was a kid, I worn braids (before it was popular, my natural hair). I couldn't help be cry when I saw this show. Adults and the kids they bring into this world need to understand how important it is to LOVE who you are, ESPECIALLY YOUR HAIR!!! We as children grow up with the preconceived notion of how we "should look" by societies standards regardless of race. As we grow older in school, your peers become curious about Everything, especially "our type" of hair. I blame a lot of this on not just the women raising these BEAUTIFUL children, but on the world of hair care companies and corporations. I live in a state where black people only make up 1% of the population and it's very hard to find hair care products for women of color. If you do find what you are looking for, it's Extremely Expensive. Like you said yourself black women buy 80% of the hair care products out there, yet they don't cater to our specific needs without going to a hair dresser. Why is that? I would love to come on your show and confront the beautiful young black women who believe having "free-flowing white-like hair" gives them an advantage in life. That is a false sense of reality that needs to be cleared up. There is absolutely nothing wrong with our hair and not all black women have the same hair type. This issue goes way beyond how

I know this episode is old, but I just saw it today. I think it is ridiculous for anyone, including black women themselves to say that black women have "bad hair". Every woman black, white, asian, spanish, latino, whatever race you are has "bad hair". Just about every woman has a problem with their hair and thinks it is "bad". They think their hair is not curly enough, it's not straight enough, it won't hold hold a curl from a curling iron, it won't stay straight even with a straightner. Even the color of their hair is never right for a woman. It doesn't matter what race you are, every woman has a problem with their hair! And as far as being course or nappy or whatever that's because you don't take care of your hair! If a any woman blow drys and straightens her hair everyday and doesn't mosturize it, her hair gets course too! And I can't believe that a mother would perm her 3 year old childs hair because she want's it straight. That's just like dying your 3 year old child's hair just because you don't like what color it is. Or getting them contacts because you dont like the color of their eyes. And as far as the mother of the mixed little girl. I can't believe you would want to straighten her hair, I think mixed children's hair is beautiful. It's curly and cute! And as far as you "not having the time" to fix your childs hair.. you can find the time to perm it and put a weave in it?! Once again, it doesn't matter what race a little girl is, you have to take time to do her hair. Let kids be kids. They shouldn't have to go around worrying about

I'm a white girl, and I really do understand how these women feel about their hair. I have "nappy", afro type hair. I don't know why, I just do. And I'll admit that I'm actually ashamed of my hair and that's why I put relaxer in. My boyfriend isn't even allowed to see my hair before I've straightened it. He's never even seen my curls.

show me some nappy head girls that say blak hair is beautiful cuz these slick head girls wit gorgeous curly "good hair" have every reason to love their hair! it's strong, manageable, and doesnt require them to go thru everything that those of us wit hair that breaks kinks and doesnt grow have to deal wit. tlk wat u kno ladies tlk wat u kno

I am a white man who is powerfully attracted to african-american women. african-american women are beautiful, but their hair is a small part of their beauty. i am currently in love with a black woman ( who does not share my feelings - i believe she is afraid to date a white man ), and she wears a dewrag, so i never even get to see her hair, but she has a beautiful face, beautiful eyes, and beautiful color, and she is smart and sweet, and she makes me laugh. i really could not care less what her hair looks like. she recently started dating a black man, and she ditched the dewrag and got her hair "done." i wondered what's up with that? did she feel she had to "fix" her hair to make herself more attractive to that man? i thought she was beautiful as she was.

This has nothing to do with "Good Hair" but the little three year old girl that gets her hair relaxed look like Raven Symone when she was on the Cosby Show.

I dont believe in "good hair". I believe in healthy hair. I am 17 years old and my lineage is essentually world peace. I am mixed with black, white, native american, basically, you name it I got it. I only flat iron my hair on special occasions and the right weather conditions because I live in florida. To be honest, I dont like it. It takes me twice as long to keep my hair presentable when it's straite than when it's natural. Besides, most of my friends or people I hang out with are white and are entertained by my fro. My version of a fro, all I do is wash it and let it air dry. True, I am teased for my hair by everyone, even fellow African Americans. I simply figure they are jealous that they have to work on their hair in the morning or that they arent brave enough to wear their hair natural. My mother supports my choice to got natural, even though it hurt when I was younger. I was really tender-headed, but I would rather grin and bare it than kill my hair. The only thing my mother is ageinst is me getting dreads because I can do almost anything with my hair and she doesnt to have to cut my hair when I change my mind. As for the debate of "good hair", I will gladly be an advocate for healthy hair, anyday.

This show really hit home. I got called white girl in middle and high school. If I wasn't being picked on for being skinny, it was for having long pouffy hair being too dark skinned or being short. Kids are cruel but so are adults. They only get it from their parents,movies and magazines. Alec W. is my super model hero just after you Tyra. You are not the cookie cutter perception of beauty but you are beatiful. One girl said she like her hair after dying it. I have bi racial hair (my fathers great grandfather was white and my mothers father and relatives were mixed with white and indian) and it has its onwn natural highlights. I feel blessed. However my little girl, doesn't have my same texture. Her folicles are thicker and very hard to comb out but it is very thick and beautiful in its natural state. I permed her hair just before she turned 5 and that was because her natural hair was breaking off. It was so tangly that I was damaging it drying it and comb it. That hurt that I couldn't adequately style her hair without hurting her. Even before the perm, I wouldn't allow a beautifican to fight through her hair. Finally her pediatrician said, you are going to have to get to her scalp, perm or no perm because of allergies causing patches. I finally permed her hair, but this is followed by proper hair care maintenance that should be followed anyway, such as washing, triming and vitamins. Which ever way you rock your hair, the key is it is yours and we are not in a time warp. Natural is for those who can. My daughter would love too but she is satisfied with the Perm until a detangler

The topic of "good hair" especially in the African American community has really been in the spotlight because of so many women in an uproar over the Chris Rock movie. But on all the of the shows I have watched, not one of them has brought on a professional to talk about relaxers and hair types from a professional point of view. I am a colorist/chemical technition in NYC and deal with all different hair types. From Italian to Polish to Black to Asian. Each race and background have their concerns and many solve their "issues" chemically. I think a MAJOR difference between good and bad hair is the way woman deal with their hair concerns. The key is to understand the chemicals you're putting in your hair. Know what you're doing to it. And in my opinion, seek out a professional to do it the proper way. I may not have ethnic, hard to manage hair, being that I'm white from a Polish Irish background, but I understand, very well, the problems that all these women are talking about. I have been trained well to do so. ANYONE can have good hair. Its a mix of self confidence and PROPER care. Embracing what you have and knowing what your hair is capable of.

I am african american and mexican and mom is the Mexican one of my parents and I can honestly say she tried her best to adapt to my hair and the kinkiness it had. I remember the long mornings and nights she fought with me after washing my hair to sit me down and comb my hair and put ponytails in it. I remember at about 10 years old her and one of my female african american cousins discussing taking me to the hair salon and my mom stressing that I was too young for chemicals to be put in my hair and to only have the hair dresser wash and comb out my hair and thats what they did. I never remember feeling that I was inadquate because of my hair. But I do remember that my older sister, who is full blood mexican, having that long thick black native american hair and asking her why didn't I get that hair and my mom would say that God made me different because my dad is different. I love my hair now. I have gone thru going natural to chemcial to back to natural and I appreciate the natural look so much better because if I want it curly I can wet it throw some moose and gel and go or I can take the time to flat iron and have it straight. I say to all my african american and biracial men and women, be PROUD of who you are!! Don't let SOCIETY tell you what and who you should be. BE WHO GOD MADE YOU TO BE, an INDIVIDUAL!