A mum was left speechless when she discovered what her six-year-old daughter had done while her parents were fast asleep – and the viral TikTok has parents everywhere relating
A young girl was left “looking like Eleven from Stranger Things” after she chopped off her locks whilst her parents were fast asleep.
Alison Dean confessed she was utterly “speechless” upon discovering what her six-year-old daughter had accomplished. Little Peggy had sneakily trimmed her thick, shoulder-length tresses right down to her scalp using nail scissors whilst her mum and dad, Rob Moore, 29, were sleeping soundly.
The 37-year-old mother confessed she broke down in tears after leaving her at school. Calling the situation a complete “nightmare”, Alison shared photos of the drama on TikTok, where the clip exploded online and racked up 334,000 views.
Alison, from West Byfleet, Surrey, explained to What’s the Jam: “Peggy had got up and gone downstairs for breakfast shortly before me. I joined her downstairs and she was sitting with a blanket over her head, which wasn’t that unusual because it was very cold that morning.
“I made her breakfast and passed it to her. That’s when she took the blanket off her head to reveal very short hair. My first thought was ‘This isn’t real’ and shock. I felt terrible because I was so taken aback. She burst into tears.
“I instantly hugged her and asked her why she did it, but she said she didn’t know. I was quite speechless – racking my brains as to what to do before school.
“When I dropped her at school, she was really upset, and I explained to her teachers what happened. After she went into school, I burst into tears as I felt so bad for her. The teachers all reassured me that many little girls do this and all gave me a big hug. I have had so many people reach out to say their daughters did something similar or they did it themselves when they were younger.”
The evening prior to the drastic hair transformation, Peggy’s tresses had been freshly washed and styled.
Alison, a marketing director, recalled: “Her hair had been thick, below shoulder-length hair. She actually did a fairly neat job at the back. But the front, particularly the fringe, she cut super close to the root. She looked a bit like Eleven from Stranger Things.
“And from the back, she looked like Anne Hathaway in Les Mis rables. She lost a tooth not long after and it added to the look. Peggy just seemed quite regretful. It was definitely an impulsive thought she acted on.”
TikTok users were as shocked as Alison by Peggy’s self-styled haircut.
One viewer exclaimed: “I gasped.”
“Impulsive thoughts,” another penned.
Determined to restore her daughter’s confidence, Alison had to think outside the box.
She concluded: “I took to putting it in little pigtails, remembering how I did her hair as a toddler.
“I used a hair wax stick to tame all the little tufts in the right direction. On the day it happened, I put lots of fun clips to jazz it up. I took her to my hairdresser a few days later who helped neaten it up a bit but Peggy had cut so much off there was only so much she could do.
“I then had a brainwave and researched clip-in ponytails. As she’s only six, I needed something that wasn’t too heavy, more lightweight.”