Boys with long hair

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Why do people feel the need to pass judgement of bots who choose to have long hair?

It's happened a lot. Especially with older family members but I and ds just shrug those comments off. When a complete strangers tells him he'll 'need that cutting before he goes back to school' I just find it takes the piss!

No real reason for the post really apart from a bit of a rant. As you were!

@Comedycook

On these boards I've noticed a trend. Boys have long hair which is doted on by their mother's and if it's cut, the mothers weep endlessly over it. As for their daughters, long hair is tacky and impractical so the poor girls are marched off to the hairdressers for a sensible bob cut asap

Wouldn't faze me in the slightest if he took the razor to it. And I don't have girls but I would have the same stance. If they can look after it themselves (within reason) they could have it as long as they liked.

Just tell strangers to fuck off. It's very theraputic. Big smile. Lean in. "Fuck yourself :D"

My middle son has very long thick blonde hair and we've had differing comments on it, from 'Wow! his hair is amazing!' to 'why would you allow your son to have such long hair'
I think he looks fantastic, especially now his beard is coming through, he looks like Thor!

My DH has long hair, it's gorgeous. My DS is only 21 months, he's got so much hair but we keep it shorter just because he's so little and touches everything sticky in sight and it'd end up a nightmare keeping on top of.

As he gets a little bigger if he wanted to grow it out that'd be fine with us.

People are so judgmental. Some of the comments my DH has got over the years is ridiculous.

My son has long hair, he did ask about getting it cut in October but he changed his mind, so he is still keeping the kesh. He has a traditional joora most of the time, he tends to wear it down at the weekend unless hes doing sport etc.

He sometimes gets called a girl, which is odd when is has a joora which is a boys hairstyle, he generally ignores it or says hes a boy, nothing wrong with being called a girl.

As long as his hair is well kept, I don’t see the problem. Obvs just a teacher trying to project her own thoughts on others. She should be more concerned about education rather than the length of a pupil’s hair, especially if it’s clean and tidy.

DS always used to have shoulder length until we went to school and he had a 'boys cut'.?we live in a very military area and it's all shown hair but he decided he wanted it to grow again, this picture is a short while later and I love it

He's now 15 and it is halfway down his back and lonely and wavy when it's just been washed. He was once told he looked like Brian May and he was to chuffed

Only thing is he doesn't like the waves so straitened it... his hair his choice. We actually stopped seeing some relatives who constantly criticised his hair. We used to see them for a few hours a year and most of that time was taken up with whittling about his hair

Sorry forgot the pic

My son doesn’t have long hair but stands out round here because almost all boys have super short shaved hair which he doesn’t. I really don’t get the obsession with shaving boys hair when they are 2. Let it grow!

It's none of my business what other people choose to do, but personally I don't like long hair on boys and would not let mine if they asked to grow it long. I think it's still perceived negatively in the working world, and I do think this perception will affect them professionally as they get older.