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Mullets on kids

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Ljcrow · 26/08/2024 16:05

Like small kids, under 10. No, just... no.
YABU = You bloody love a mullet on a small child. Looks great!
YANBU = You agree that a mullet is a monstrosity, particularly on a small child.

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NadjaofAntipaxos · 19/03/2025 17:35

My seven year old has a baby mullet, he's really proud of it. DH takes him to a very hipster barbers and all the young early twenties barbers have the same hairdo and wanted to do it on DS. I think it's hilarious and looks really cute.
But then we are a very stylish, fashion forward family 😉😉

TrixieFatell · 19/03/2025 17:27

I like them, far more preferable to the Jack Grealish headband look or the permed look that we see a lot round here.

HeavenOnTop · 19/03/2025 16:55

I like certain mullets on boys and men, not too long though and styled well.

On the right man they can look hot.

It’s just hair.

RuthCarolscribbler · 19/03/2025 16:47

I think mullets look awful and particularly awful on a young child .

RuthCarolscribbler · 19/03/2025 16:46

I agree Mullets on anyone is awful. On a little boy they look nasty .

Catsmere · 27/08/2024 12:14

They looked ridiculous the first time round and still do. I remember the first time I saw one - didn't realise it was a particular style and thought "Either cut your hair or grow it properly long, you gutless wonder." That said, I'd rather see mullets than undercuts, or the shaved side and hair on top thing, like a reverse tonsure. Saw a bloke with one of those today, even worse because his attempt at a manbun didn't hide the male-pattern baldness showing very clearly through the strands.

Marveladdict · 27/08/2024 10:00

DiscoBeat · 26/08/2024 23:11

Nope, mullets belong in rivers, not on heads!

Brilliant 😂

WickedSerious · 27/08/2024 07:44

TheYearOfSmallThings · 26/08/2024 16:37

Not necessarily young but definitely trendy. It is a thing in east London and I'm not sure how I feel about it because when I was growing up this look was worn non-ironically by the tougher kids, not little Caspian at fencing class.

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When I was a lot younger it was a look favoured by men you really didn't want to be alone with.

Splat92 · 27/08/2024 07:42

I can confirm they have been back in style in Aus for a while now. I think they're hideous. I told my kids I would rather they come home with a tattoo than a mullet. So far they have come home with neither.

Marine30 · 27/08/2024 07:41

DS17 got a burst fade a couple of months ago (nope, me neither, anyway it’s like a less drastic semi-mullet that doesn’t go all the way down to nape of neck).
At first I thought wtf but it grew on me and I started to like it. They generally have nice, thick hair that grows fast at that age so may as well experiment.
Not a fan of full on mullets though - giving Bruce from the outback in 1987 vibes.

HoppingPavlova · 27/08/2024 07:38

No idea about the under 10yo thing, they are a monstrosity on anyone of any age.

crostini · 27/08/2024 07:36

Love them on little ones!

Bubblesallaround · 27/08/2024 07:35

Each to their own but I think they look absolutely awful particularly on young children. 🙈

Chocolateteabag · 27/08/2024 07:27

MrsPerfect12 · 26/08/2024 16:39

My son has a mullet, it's styled and looks good, he is 10. Similar to this

@MrsPerfect12 - my 10 year old has his in a similar style - "baby mullet"?

He claims he is going to grow it into a full one. And if that is what he wants, fair play - it's just hair and I have too many other battles with him (general hygiene, school work) this is not a hill to die on

Plus the pictures will be great to embarrass him with later (should he ever change his mind)

MysteriousUsername · 26/08/2024 23:24

I spent years jokingly telling my kids I'd ask the barber to give them a mullet and showing them the worst pictures.

Joke was on me when my teenage son actually grew one. The shame of having to be seen with a mulletted person. BlushGrin

He's had it cut now (not because I kept laughing at him. Or maybe it was. At least it's gone.)

Obviously it's hair and it will grow and fashions come and go, and it's always good to have photos to look back on and laugh at.

DiscoBeat · 26/08/2024 23:11

Nope, mullets belong in rivers, not on heads!

Himitsu · 26/08/2024 23:09

Thehobbit2013 · 26/08/2024 22:28

depends on the age of the under 10. Age four no clearly parent inflicting on them. Age nine then it’s more likely the child’s wish. If you can’t have ridiculous haircuts when young when can you

But why is it “inflicting” it in on them. You could say the same about short back and sides. Personally I think short back and sides looks awful on little boys.

ladycardamom · 26/08/2024 22:44

I'm struggling to care tbh.

Thehobbit2013 · 26/08/2024 22:28

depends on the age of the under 10. Age four no clearly parent inflicting on them. Age nine then it’s more likely the child’s wish. If you can’t have ridiculous haircuts when young when can you

veritasverity · 26/08/2024 22:27

Tarantino I think they were made from a nylon mix fabric, so caught alight more quickly and melted on to the skin.... I'll have a google, because I can't quite remember, I just remember a consumer program (maybe 'That's life'? doing a program on them, and showing horrific burns, made more difficult to clean and carry out skingraphs due to the fabric melting into the burn.

Mammyloveswine · 26/08/2024 22:10

I almost cried when my lovely nephew appeared with a mullet and tache... then realised I was now "old" and need to just let him be!

As for my own kids, absolutely not. 🤣

SeriousFaffing · 26/08/2024 21:38

AngryLikeHades · 26/08/2024 19:01

A natural toddler mullet where hair has just grown like that is hilarious and cute, but nothing older than that.
They are absolutely hideous.

@AngryLikeHades glad to see this comment. My 18 month old has a natural mullet - it’s hilarious but also we cannot bring ourselves to have the longer baby curls at the back cut off 😬😭

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 26/08/2024 21:16

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veritasverity · 26/08/2024 20:56

I thought they were a fire risk? I'm pretty sure there were some very nasty/ painful injuries from shellies.

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Why would they be more of a fire risk than the man-made fabrics lots of people wear from Shein etc.? They were polyester, but so are lots of clothes.

veritasverity · 26/08/2024 20:56

Beth216 · 26/08/2024 19:14

What next, shell suits?

I thought they were a fire risk? I'm pretty sure there were some very nasty/ painful injuries from shellies.

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