Do Grandparents Have The Right To Cut Their Grandchildren's Hair Without Consulting The Parents Of The Child First?

If its a trim and not changing the style then its ok, but if its really long and they cut it to a short bob... Then no. Same thing with divorced parents. The non custodial parent have no right to cut the child's hair. My ex-husband did that to his daughter from his first marriage... She was 6 and had really long hair, he told ME that her mother asked for us to take her to get it cut short, so I took her to a salon. The cut was adorable on her and I thought her mother would be pleased with it... I found out when we took the child home the next day that her mother didnt ask him to get it cut, and HE put it on me... She was really mad at me. I felt bad because I would have never taken her to get it cut without her mother's permission.

My mother in law cut my daughter's hair and I was very annoyed with her. I feel it is ok to say cut a fringe if it is getting in their eyes if they are staying with them and the mother is not there - but a full cut definitely not.

Hi,

No we may think we have a right to do it because they are our grandchildren, but they have parents and unless they say it's okay they we shouldn't do it out of respect. We have to remember how things were between your mother and father and what they didn't allow with you.
You have to be careful not to over step the boundaries in our children's lives even if it is for their better good, they had to do what they feel is best even if it's not right, we have to stay out and let them learn just like we had to.

OH heck no, never without permission....the best to you.....

I don't think so. If they cut it badly the parents will have to pay for a new hair cut so their kids don't look like dorks. :)

No. My sisters Mother in law did that to my niece and we were not ok with that

Yea its just fine as long as they snip a bit off the edges and not completely change their whole look. Then the parents might get upset and might not let the child stay with you anymore.

I do not think it is ok.  My wife and I dropped our 18 month daughter off at her grandparents and ran some errands.  When we came back her hair was chopped off (she has curly hair and it was getting long) and there were some scissor marks on the back of her neck which they claimed they didn't make.  I was furious and practically had to keep my cool while I packed up my daughter's things and left.  We were going to give her a haircut the following week but the grandparents beat us to it.  We didn't receive a phone call saying they wanted to do this.  It was disrespectful and I told my wife to let her parents know that they are not allowed to do that ever again.  It took me over a week to visit them again because I was so angry.

I specifically told my father to not cut my sons hair while he was there for an overnight. In front of my son nonetheless. When I returned the next day he had cut his hair. My husband and I were furious. That was June and my son did not see my father until the following fall.

No