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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Bait002: 11:20pm On Aug 18, 2017
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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Arccangel(f): 11:25pm On Aug 18, 2017
Scanning through comments like shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by 1Sharon(f): 11:30pm On Aug 18, 2017
WORLDPEACE:

Nigerians don't appreciate dark skin? YOU and your type don't appreciate dark skin. We are mostly a dark skinned people. Keep gathering all the excuses you need to justify your bleaching.

What do you think abt the woman on my profile?
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by grandstar(m): 11:37pm On Aug 18, 2017
It is falls under one of the most despicable reads for the day.

It is sickening to even think it is being done

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by youwontbelieve: 11:38pm On Aug 18, 2017
The way this guy moves will blow your mind �
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao5A61SRDj8

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by WORLDPEACE(m): 11:57pm On Aug 18, 2017
1Sharon:


What do you think abt the woman on my profile?
I think she is an attention seeker. But I can't help wanting to faack her.

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by 1Sharon(f): 12:04am On Aug 19, 2017
WORLDPEACE:

I think she is an attention seeker. But I can't help wanting to faack her.

Lol you sure you don't think she's too dark? Cos alot of Nigerians will not see her beauty because they are biased against dark skin

I really feel for very dark people
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by olalekandwl(m): 12:11am On Aug 19, 2017
FELA - YELLOW FEVER

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Antecote(f): 12:12am On Aug 19, 2017
I guess this is why people marry light skinned partner. ..

If two light skinned people get married they would be no need to bleach their kids skin.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by purples25(f): 12:13am On Aug 19, 2017
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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by WORLDPEACE(m): 12:18am On Aug 19, 2017
1Sharon:


Lol you sure you don't think she's too dark? Cos alot of Nigerians will not see her beauty because they are biased against dark skin

I really feel for very dark people
If a lot of Nigerians are biased against dark skin that means more than 75% of the population don't like their own colour. I think you are telling Nigerians what they should like. The yellow skin lovers are just louder. I am a dark skinned person and I have never had a problem with my skin colour.

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by joshuaidibia(m): 12:22am On Aug 19, 2017
OK �

Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Man2utd(m): 12:23am On Aug 19, 2017
They should just bleach them right from the womb, drink bleaching cream and don't stress yourself applying it.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by burakado17: 12:28am On Aug 19, 2017
Marioplus:
Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin:
by Oluseye Igbafe
I heard about this for the first time a year ago at the birthday party of a friend's child. One of our mutual friends walked up to me and after pleasantries, said to me:

“Sis, your daughter is very pretty oh.”
“Thanks”, I replied.
"What cream do you use for her?” She asked
"Cream?! I use Johnson Baby lotion."
"Only?! What do you use to bring out her colour?” she persisted.
“I don’t really understand you,” I answered her, “What colour am I bringing out?”
"No oh, you should use something that will bring out her colour. Don’t you know she will be prettier (sic) if she has fair skin?”

I cringed inwardly. All the while, I had struggled to believe she couldn’t possibly be saying what I thought she was saying.
“You mean I should start bleaching her skin? At what age and why would I do such a crazy thing?! It’s not necessary my dear,” I answered her firmly.
"It is oh my big sister. Especially for a girl but not bleaching; haba, not even toning! It’s just to bring out her colour oh and it’s not a sin," she said. "Even you should bring out your colour more,” she added.

I swallowed my raging retorts and simply said, “I hope you don’t do that for your son? He is way too small to have anything being rubbed on him. I beg of you."
*Well, since he is naturally fair-skinned, I am just maintaining it, I have been mixing his cream with Movate since he was born,” she replied
I was unable to dissuade her before we got interrupted and I eventually forgot about the conversation. Till about 2 weeks ago.
I walked into a supermarket and saw a heavily bleached woman with three beautiful girls who were looking “toned”. Their faces were conspicuously lighter than the rest of their body and their knees and knuckles were quite dark. Their ages ranged from age 10 to possibly 5.

I then decided to research the concept of parents bleaching their kids and what I found out is that there is indeed a craze for fair-skinned children; and many parents are turning their dark skinned children to fair-skinned. They claim they are helping their kids maintain their “natural skin colour”.

A lady told me it’s not bleaching or toning if it’s done with natural products. She uses Shea butter, Turmeric, Lime/Lemon, Camphor etc. to prepare “natural” soap for her daughter. Another lady recommends mixing their creams with hydrocortisone or clomatrizole creams for a “clear” smooth skin. I was simply shocked.
First, I think this generation has totally gone bunkers with vanity. No, this isn’t vanity, its shallowness of the highest order. I wrote a post last year on Sexualization of Children and though it went viral, I can assure you we are getting worse.

Why does your child need to be fair to be beautiful? What is the correlation? Where did that concept come from? What happened to Black is Beautiful? I believe every child is beautiful and even then the very beautiful ones are not just beautiful because of their skin tone but their facial structure and features.
Secondly, it’s way too early to start enhancing your child’s features to promote beauty. Children should have no vanity issues. Again I say, allow them to be children and do not give them self-esteem issues by acting as though they are not beautiful enough. Tell your children, they are beautiful irrespective of their skin colour or tone. If you as a parent can’t accept them for who they are or what skin tone they have, how do you expect them to grow into confident women who value themselves?

Lastly, do you have any idea the possible side-effects these creams will have on their skin? Rubbing chemicals on their skin for years could possibly be setting them up for skin cancer. I mean, a lot of those creams contain Mercury and hydrocortisone which have been linked to cancer even in adults.
And please do not hide behind, “I only use natural stuff so it’s harmless”. Are those things meant to be rubbed into the skin? Is Turmeric meant to be rubbed into the skin every day? Lime and lemons are acidic and will definitely have their own effect. Camphor?

I know Shea butter is good but your motive should be just to Oil or moisturize their skin to prevent it from dryness. If there is a vanity aim to your “natural method” then you are part of the problem.

Leave your child’s skin alone. Don’t set him or her up for future problems due to your own narrow view of beauty. Personally, I believe parents who bleach or tone their child’s skin should be arrested and prosecuted. It is the height of irresponsibility.

Let’s allow children to be children. Let them know whether they black, brown, yellow or white, they are all beautiful.
our culture is gone. If they like let them use hot water to bleach their children skins. Yeye mama.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by WORLDPEACE(m): 12:38am On Aug 19, 2017
purples25:
What do you expect when Nigerians especially the men unashamedly keep worshipping fair people mostly fair girls, like alpha gods or angels. Everybody wants what's good now. You want the craze to stop ? Stop acting like those people are the main jewels of this life or the f***ing chosen ones of God

Just say you are looking for justification for your bleaching. How come of all the things Nigerian men wish their women gave them it is bleaching you can give. Let me give you a list of things to do for Nigerian men before you bleach your skin:

1. Be an independent lady who can take care of her own needs.
2. Date a Nigerian man who is broker than you.
3. Respect him like your father.
4. Bleep his brains out when he asks for it.
5. When you marry him love his parents and siblings the way you love yours.
6. Give to him without looking down on him or expecting anything in return like Jesus said you should.
7. Be respectful to everyone you meet so that you can attract nothing but positivity to him.

When you have done the above successfully you may go ahead and bleach your skin till what you have left is just your skeleton. If you find bleaching easier to do than these things listed it means YOU think fair skin is more beautiful and you did it for yourself not any Nigerian man.

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Nobody: 12:49am On Aug 19, 2017
1Sharon:
Here we go again. undecided

Bleaching is not always harmful, doctors even prescribe hydroquinone. But applying those creams on a newborn, I don't think is right.


I wonder why woman that relax their daughters hair don't get much heat?

Nigeria is not a country that appreciates dark skin. Someone here called the woman on my profile a black demon.

This is all a charade.
Can you pls substantiate the bolded? Knowledge they say is power but improper use of knowledge is worse than ignorance.
Hydroquinone either singly or in preparations is used to treat excessively darkened patches of skin in naturally white folks. Its not for use in tropical regions cos exposure to sunlight which we have in abundance here can turn it to a carcinogen.

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by enemyofprogress: 12:50am On Aug 19, 2017
I doesn't have a babies yet, vickyrotex is yet to give me won
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Nobody: 12:54am On Aug 19, 2017
I can't marry a lightskinned lady. I don't even get attracted to them ffs, so I'm wondering this light skinned inferiority craze is all about.
Ironically, my twin sister is light skinned grin

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Nobody: 12:57am On Aug 19, 2017
purples25:
What do you expect when Nigerians especially the men unashamedly keep worshipping fair people mostly fair girls, like alpha gods or angels. Everybody wants what's good now. You want the craze to stop ? Stop acting like those people are the main jewels of this life or the f***ing chosen ones of God

I'd rather say what do you expect from people with low self esteem, who let themselves be pushed into bleaching just to satisfy others

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Nobody: 1:04am On Aug 19, 2017
lovelygurl:


I'd rather say what do you expect from people with low self esteem, who let themselves be pushed into bleaching just to satisfy others
True that. We all looking through one prism but seeing the reflection in different colours.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by 1Rebel: 1:05am On Aug 19, 2017
1Sharon:
Here we go again. undecided

Bleaching is not always harmful, doctors even prescribe hydroquinone. But applying those creams on a newborn, I don't think is right.


I wonder why woman that relax their daughters hair don't get much heat?

Nigeria is not a country that appreciates dark skin. Someone here called the woman on my profile a black demon.

This is all a charade.


Are you sure you're not mad?

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by abbeyty(m): 1:10am On Aug 19, 2017
I gave up the very day i saw a woman with her two teenage kids (a boy and a girl ) they are all bleached including the mother. I see it as self hatred, the worst are those ones living in white man's country and still chose to bleach off their skins. how would oyinbo man respect you when you are not proud of yourself ? I dont even know why men date them cuz most of them stink

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Rossikki: 1:21am On Aug 19, 2017
This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read on this forum.

Our people need deliverance.

Trouble is the person they normally turn to for their deliverance is himself bleached white too.

Jesus, if he did exist, was most definitely a black man, as described by the bible. ''Hair like lamb's wool. and feet like burnt brass''.

Their bleached pastors never read out that particular verse, as it contradicts the bleached white Jesus images splashed across their churches.

So there's more than enough bleaching going on to infect mere powerless children of colonised, ignorant, stupid, self-hating, mental midgets called Nigerians.

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by maklelemakukula(m): 2:14am On Aug 19, 2017
yvelchstores:
I remember a neighbour whose children used Caro white. It's really sad. The most common one is the use of funbact A on newborns. When I had my daughter, at least 4 ladies kept recommending it because she had a rash. It's scary how shallow ppl think.

I remember years ago in boarding school, a friend was using sivoclear right from primary school cos her mum bought it for her. Soon Enof, she always had injury and bled when the seniors asked us to fetch water and the bucket of water brushed against her leg. It was scary.

Sad sad sad. What
what's her name. I think I know her
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Rakiticbarca: 2:42am On Aug 19, 2017
Fabulocity:
To be honest, I've never heard of this before! This is absolutely ludicrous and crazy! "Bringing out the colour more", "toning" are just fancy ways of saying bleaching. Any woman that bleaches the skin of her children does not smdeserve to have them.
i have one here in my neighborhood, she started using the cream on her daughter from when she was tender, the little girl is already having dark elbow and knuckle and to worsen things up , she recently expanded her tooth gap lol, the expansion gone wrong such that she now feel shy to display them
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by purples25(f): 2:52am On Aug 19, 2017
WORLDPEACE:


Just say you are looking for justification for your bleaching. How come of all the things Nigerian men wish their women gave them it is bleaching you can give. Let me give you a list of things to do for Nigerian men before you bleach your skin:

1. Be an independent lady who can take care of her own needs.
2. Date a Nigerian man who is broker than you.
3. Respect him like your father.
4. Bleep his brains out when he asks for it.
5. When you marry him love his parents and siblings the way you love yours.
6. Give to him without looking down on him or expecting anything in return like Jesus said you should.
7. Be respectful to everyone you meet so that you can attract nothing but positivity to him.

When you have done the above successfully you may go ahead and bleach your skin till what you have left is just your skeleton. If you find bleaching easier to do than these things listed it means YOU think fair skin is more beautiful and you did it for yourself not any Nigerian man.

You have solid points. I am not supporting bleaching. I just think that both sides, the bleachers and the people that promote bleaching, need to change. Both sides are the problem. If the bleachers stop but the ones supporting continue, it's like healing a snake bite without killing the snake. New sets of bleachers will arise as long as media and people don't stop sucking in the rest of the public to this bullshit.

Kill the snake or it will strike again.

New generations, new victims. The mentality must be killed on ALL SIDES.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by purples25(f): 3:01am On Aug 19, 2017
lovelygurl:


I'd rather say what do you expect from people with low self esteem, who let themselves be pushed into bleaching just to satisfy others

You have solid points. I am not supporting bleaching. I just think that both sides, the bleachers and the people that promote bleaching, need to change. Both sides are the problem. If the bleachers stop but the ones supporting continue, it's like healing a snake bite without killing the snake. New sets of bleachers will arise as long as media and people don't stop sucking in the rest of the public to this bullshit.

Kill the snake or it will strike again.

New generations, new victims. The mentality must be killed on ALL SIDES.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by oxonek: 3:02am On Aug 19, 2017
1Sharon:
Here we go again. undecided

Bleaching is not always harmful, doctors even prescribe hydroquinone. But applying those creams on a newborn, I don't think is right.


I wonder why woman that relax their daughters hair don't get much heat?

Nigeria is not a country that appreciates dark skin. Someone here called the woman on my profile a black demon.

This is all a charade.

If Nigerians do not appreciate dark skin, you are one of the reasons they do not, by pandering to narrow minded views. You do not need anyone to give you a nod to wear your natural skin colour my friend. If you need approval, then you've got low self esteem. Just ensure your skin is well groomed, without rashes or pimples. The most beautiful black women in the world have natural skin, not bleached. Check.

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Nobody: 3:16am On Aug 19, 2017
Men marrying educated illiterates. Why won't they bleach, sorry, bring out the colour of your kids?!

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Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by Originalsly: 3:30am On Aug 19, 2017
Wow...this is soooo sad. They should be charged for child abuse. Seems like not only the skin is bleached. ..but the brain also. Idiots.
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by mike4real2(m): 3:32am On Aug 19, 2017
This is more like parents gone mad!! Haaba !!
Re: Parents Gone Wild: Bleaching Children's Skin by medexico(m): 3:55am On Aug 19, 2017
1Sharon:
Here we go again. undecided

Bleaching is not always harmful, doctors even prescribe hydroquinone. But applying those creams on a newborn, I don't think is right.


I wonder why woman that relax their daughters hair don't get much heat?

Nigeria is not a country that appreciates dark skin. Someone here called the woman on my profile a black demon.

This is all a charade.

So you are afraid of being called names?

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