Kari: cutting eyebrows and eyelashes

The Thursday before school got out for Christmas break we got a call from Kari's English Teacher, Mrs. Lee. Kade took the call and I could hear part of the conversation. Kari had taken sizzors and cut off chunks of her eyebrows and eyelashes. This picture was taken about ten days after, so some had grown back. That evening Kari was to have her dance recital pictures at her dress rehersal. Kade and I were quite upset that Kari would do this to herself.
She was board and made a bad choice. When she got home she walked around with a paper over her face so we couldn't see her. We didn't give her any attention for it. I tried to fix it as best as I could for the pictures with eyebrow pencil and mascara. You couldn't really tell unless you looked closely, so the pictures were okay.
Friday morning Kari looked in the mirror and made a terrible face. She said her eyebrows and eyelashes looked ugly and asked me to fix them. I refused to. I told her that she had to go to school as she was because that is how she chose to look. We talked about what she should do if anyone makes fun of her. She said she would never do that to herself again. I sure hope she doesn't. We must learn from our mistakes. It is hard to be a parent and figure out what the best thing is to do in these kinds of situations for the personality of the particular child.