Ashley Dudley (not pictured) allows Mckenzie, 3, and Parker, 1, to have natural hair because she wants them to embrace themselves, but will allow them to choose how they wear their hair as they get older. “I will let them choose once I feel they’re old enough to make a decision,” said Ashley Dudley, mother to Mckenzie and Parker, “I think they have beautiful hair and I want them to love and embrace it. But I’m not natural and I love my relaxed hair as well.” Bria Granville/HERALD