I had a number of surgeries on my feet and legs starting when i was around 10 and had plaster on them, and when the plaster came off the hair had grown and so i just started shaving then. I didn't ask anyone for permission, and wouldn't expect my kids to.
My mum pretty much forbid me to shave my legs because she said it was unnecessary and she had always regretted starting. So I didn't until I was 16 or so. My armpits are virtually hairless so I didn't do them until I was over 20. Ironically I only shaved for a couple of years before the rational side of me kicked in and I started to question why society required women to be hairless. (I mean really, why???) After that I didn't shave anything for almost 20 years. I started doing it occasionally a couple years ago out of boredom
I have never waxed anything except brows.
I will try to dissuade my own DD but ultimately, when she gets old enough, it will be up to her.
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