kids haircuts
By mejluvya
@mejluvya (213)
United States
June 30, 2007 10:26am CST
It's summertime here, kids are out of school and They all finished the year with honor roll which I thought was awesome! Go boys. Anyways, my middle son has been asking for quite awhile if he could have a mohawk. I told him not during school but lets see how your grades are and we'll go from there. As soon as school let out he asked again. So I did it. My son has a mohawk and to be honest I didn't think I was going to like it but it looks really cute on him. Here's the problem, we're kind of getting mixed comments about it. Like last night one of Joe's old friends was back in state from Florida and stopped over and decided to tell my son he looked like an idiot. I was so angry I told him to shut up and if he didn't like it he could leave. And then there are others that say it looks good. Was I wrong? He was only giving his opinion and everyone's entitled to that,right?
3 responses
@coolmailraj (2460)
• India
30 Jun 07
Hi. You are very right in shutting that person if your son felt bad at his remarks. But still if you could manage not being rude in such situation than it will further increase the impact of what you say or do.
@armywifey (883)
• United States
30 Jun 07
As long as it's not intefering with his education (some schools will expel you if you have hair that is not their idea of normal) Then I think it is great that you let him have his hair the way he wants. You friend should just keep his mouth shut because it is not his hair it's your son's. I think you were right in telling him to shut his mouth. He was in your home and he has not right to speak to your son in that manner.
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@anij34 (317)
• United States
1 Jul 07
Being firm about rules and expectations of your children does not result in rebellious children, that is in fact a myth. It is our job as parents to suppress our children from things than destroy them. Expression is done in many other ways like paper and paint than using one's head of hair as the canvas. When your child is 13 and asks to pierce his face to be "expressive" are you going allow him to risk his health simply to "express" himself. Where is the line? I doubt that he is "expressing" himself on his own, guarantee he saw someone with a mohawk and just had to have one. So he is just following the crowd while labeling it as expression.
@mejluvya (213)
• United States
1 Jul 07
You may very well be right. But also if you don't let a child boy or girl try to express their own personality or at least try new things (within limits of course) aren't you in a sense supressing him or her. And in return what you get is a rebellious teenager.
