Dealing with Criticism | Natural Hair

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Most of us have dealt with criticism when it comes to different aspects of our lives. Be it, in our career choices, life style choices, or even our hair choices. To some people, the decision for us to go natural has opened up a whole bunch of criticism. These kind of criticism might be coming from a spouse, a family member, friend, or even total strangers. Yes, sometimes, strangers feel a need to comment on our natural hair.

What you do with this kind of criticism will either make you stronger or break you.  Criticism will make you dig deeper to search for the reason why you decide to go natural. This is why it is important that you know the main reason why you decided to go natural.

Here are some ways that you can deal with criticism:

 
Have you ever faced criticism when it comes to your natural hair?

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