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AIBU?

To think that long hair on young boys.......

323 replies

Haahoostory · 07/10/2012 10:57

Is unfair on the child. It dangles in their face and gets in their way and must be really annoying for them. With girls you can clip it back or tie it up in pretty styles so no problem at all. It is the parents imposing their tastes and choices on the child - rather like when toddlers have pierced ears. Older boys with long hair absolutely fine - as they have chosen to wear it that way, but toddlers and younger boys no.

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MadgeHarvey · 07/10/2012 10:58

Good luck with this one OP!

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2012 10:58

Bacon sarnie anyone?

SeveredEdMcDunnough · 07/10/2012 10:58

Some young boys choose to have long hair and get upset if you try to have it cut.

And some have it tied back.

It is nothing like piercing a child's ears against their will/without their consent.

usualsuspect3 · 07/10/2012 10:59

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SeveredEdMcDunnough · 07/10/2012 11:00

Have you GOT any children OP?

If you have you will know how much influence they are able to have over their hair style at a very young age.

If you haven't then you won't understand that.

GhostofMammaTJ · 07/10/2012 11:00

Oh, yes please Worra. Do you have ketchup too?

KatieScarlett2833 · 07/10/2012 11:00

YABU

SeveredEdMcDunnough · 07/10/2012 11:01

Btw mine both have fairly short hair and it does not get in their eyes. I noticed when it did and offered to cut it - ds1 took some persuading but likes it Ok now.

They are 9 and 5 now.

No way would I impose something that made them uncomfortable.

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2012 11:02


I have a few Burger King sachets Ghost Blush
Glitterknickaz · 07/10/2012 11:02

YABU. My son has Autism, ADHD and sensory processing disorder. His hair is his comfort mechanism that he uses to self soothe and hide behind when the world all gets too much to deal with. Yet he faces bigotry like the OP.

UnChartered · 07/10/2012 11:02

ace!

WorraLiberty · 07/10/2012 11:03

Anyway back to the OP...

Don't we all 'impose' our tastes and choices on our babies/young children to some degree?

AitchDee · 07/10/2012 11:04

Not sure about your reasonings OP, but personally I dislike long hair on boys just because I think they look ridiculous.

MadCap · 07/10/2012 11:04

Yabu All parents impose their tastes on their children until they're old enough to have an opinion. Faulty logic there I'm afraid. My ds (22 mo) has longish really curly blonde hair. They way it curls means it isn't in his eye, plus he looks like a proper little cherub. Grin

SeveredEdMcDunnough · 07/10/2012 11:05

Really Aitch? Every time?

(is that you, or someone else btw?)

UnChartered · 07/10/2012 11:05

Not saying 'ace' at you glitter.

T'was at OP

Haahoostory · 07/10/2012 11:06

Yes I have 2 boys. Ds1 is 2 1/2. Ds2 is 6 months. If I left ds1s hair to grow long, it would massively interfere with his playing and get in his way.

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GhostofMammaTJ · 07/10/2012 11:06

Ha ha, I have those in my handbag too Worra. I also have McDs sweet chilli sauce, not suitable for bacon butties but very yummy all the same.

Proudnscary · 07/10/2012 11:07

YABU

Unashamedly love long hair on boys

It's hardly child cruelty

GoSakuramachi · 07/10/2012 11:07

But it doesn't intefere with girls playing?

Nonsense, I've known lots of boys with longer hair, it doesn't stop them doing anything.

CouthyMowWearingOrange · 07/10/2012 11:07

Try telling that to my 20mo DS3. He literally takes MY long hair and lays it over his head and says "mine want long hair".

Unfortunately I am currently refusing to buy my toddler a syrup, and his hair is stubbornly refusing to grow as quickly or as long as he himself would like it.

He has gorgeous red-gold hair, and is most obviously expressing a preference to have it longer.

DS1 has one of those stupid Justin Bieber haircuts, and in fact has preferred longer hair for as long as I can remember.

DS2 has quite close cropped hair, again because that's how HE has always preferred it.

DS3 I can imagine is going to want long straggly surfer type hair, from what I can see - even to the extent that he points out styles he likes on other DC's and tells me "my want mine hair long".

Each to their own, all 3 of my DS's have had very strong opinions on their hair from toddler age, and it's their head, not mine.



DD on the other hand, couldn't have given a shiny shit what her hair was like until she turned 14 years old!

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LadyBeagleEyes · 07/10/2012 11:08

The only problem I've ever had with this was the time that a man and his particularly beautiful child booked into the YH I was working at.
I told the dad that I couldn't put her in the male dorm with him, but would give them a family room.
Dad was very Shock Angry with me, as it was actually a little boy with long straight shoulder length blonde hair. Grin

theinets · 07/10/2012 11:08

Long hair on young boys just shows their parents sad effection. Pretentious .

TurkeyDino · 07/10/2012 11:08

I don't like long hair in little boys. I just don't. I'm sure lots of people don't like DS's super short hair. He doesn't like getting it cut, so I take him to a children's hairdressers and they get the job done.

I'm sure when he's older he'll decide to have long flowing (probably dirty) locks just to spite me. Grin

Anyway YABU as people can do as they see fit with their own DCs hair.

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