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

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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.

i have 2boys

one has short hair

and the other blonde chin lenth hair.

Mine have longish hair, collar length curls on the small one, dead straight white blonde in what is supposed to be a Beiber type cut on 7 year old DS1, but his hair is so poker straight and fine that it isn't really a style at all.

I think they look fine, if they want it cut then they can do, no bother.

I have a friend who does natural hair with her kids, the 5 year old boy has waist length blonde curls, beautiful.

Badgerina and then you could tattoo a serial number on their heads, save all that bother of thinking up names.

Or paint them different colours so you could tell them apart. Or pink for girls and blue for boys

Its good fun playing the game called " is that a boy or a girl? "
Long hair on small boys gives me the creeps.
I always think that the mother either wanted a girl or is trying too hard to be trendy.

Longish hair on boys looks infinitely better than the chavvy spikey crop so many have. Once their fringe is long enough they can tuck it behind their ears. How is long hair on a boy any more detrimental than long hair on a girl?

The spikey crop is infinitely better than the shaggy scruffy long haired look on boys.
It really grosses me out this long hair fad.
In fact it should be banned by law.
Short hair in all its forms looks sooo much better on young boys.
Tuck it behind their ears? Oh dear?

Can't we talk about preferences for boys hair without calling kids chavs for gods sake?

This is kids!! My nephew has has long hair one month short the next depending on what he wants. Is he a chav one day not the next?

Nuts.

I think short hair looks better on girls tbh.

Little girls hair is rarely thick and lustrous, usually thin and straggly with bits of playdoh or dinner in the ends.

A little girls with a short, neat pixie cut or a smooth bob looks miles better than uneven rat pigtails.

Little Geezers. They are Little Geezers (boys with spiky/shaved hair)

"natural hair", crunchyfrog? This makes it sound like an official school of thought like "attachment parenting" or "baby led weaning". Does your friend take it this seriously?

Yes little geezers

If DS ever grows any bloody hair, I will never be able to cut it. I love long hair on little boys. Short hair makes them look so grown up.

I took DS (5) for a trim before holiday.

I made the mistake of taking him to a geezer hairdresser as the girl who normally does it is on maternity leave. He practically scalped DS! He went in with a lovely Britpop haircut, came out looking like a Mini Geezer. I almost wept. It si growing back now, thankfully.

No, I know of only one gay man with long hair, he is mixed race and occasionally grows a 'fro. We've had more than the average number of men with The Gay in our lives, and he's the only one I can think of. This is somewhat skewed by a lot of them liking the Tom of Finland look, though.

I've actually said to people in RL on several occasions that v few gay men have long hair. I actually can't believe people would think it these days, anyway.

Oooh, add Samurais into the mix...forgot about them.

at the idea of 'trying too hard to be trendy'.

I have never tried, and will never try, in the history, or the future, of this, or any other, universe to be trendy. Hard or otherwise!

I didn't want a girl either.

And I don't see how it's a fad.

DS is 13 and has had longer hair his whole life. Other than the couple of times he wanted it shorter and the last time he had it cut short. But he didn't like it.

I just loved his hair - thick and red and thought it would be a travesty to cut it. And he had a high forehead as a little child. He looked really cute with longer hair and a bit odd with short hair. And then he wanted it long.

At its longest, I put it into a ponytail before cutting it off. It's 6 inches long and lives in my dining room cupboard!

I hadn't even considered what it might 'say' about me/him/us.

I don't get this "must have wanted a girl" thing either.
I think it's something trotted out by the hard of imagining....

No need for nasty personal attacking mino. I actually know of someone who has a long haired boy and is desperate for a girl.
Well please tell me of these other reasons that boys have long hair then?
Especially the boy mentioned above with hair down to his waist he must be teased terribly at school.

DS gets mistaken for a girl frequently - he just says "No, I'm a boy with long hair."
He is genuinely unconcerned. He usually has it back in a plait, but occasionally lets it go loose when he feels a bit Viking!
Really, guys - from a grade one to the bum....just let them be if they're happy.

Just because you know of one person like that means almost nothing.
As a matter of fact - I had to look upthread to see your comment just now, so chill your boots, if you please.

As for other reasons...there are many...same as the reasons for having short hair.....
As for the waist length hair boy..."he must be teased"....maybe not. If he was, do you not think it'd get cut shorter?

3faced

I think it's largely because young children aren't born programmed with the idea that 'boys have short hair, girls have long hair'.

Not all adults think like that either.

Some adults think long hair looks nicer on boys than short hair.
Some adults don't like the look of short hair on boys.
Some boys like having long hair.

I don't get why some people have such a problem with it.

Why do girls have long hair?
Why do girls have short hair?

Parental preference, personal preference. Any number of reasons really.

Does this someone you know of have a long haired boy because they wanted a girl or are they mutually exclusive?

They have a boy with long hair.
They would like a daughter.

Because I have a daughter and there's a heck of a lot more to being a girl than the length of your hair!

Syead (sp?) from eastenders is a gay man with longer hair...hes the only one I can think of

I'm sorry for your friend, 3Faced, but she's looking to a minor and (ultimately) arbitrary social significator to fill that gap.
I hope she gets her girl - I've got both....and both have long hair.
Another family I know - both son and daughter both have crops....it's never occurred to me to ask why. The mum has short hair, too. I guess it's just the way they roll.

Thanks FolkGhoul - that's along the lines of what I think, but DD is rather demanding atm and I can only do short bursts of typing!

A man with The Gay?
And long hair?
On' telleh?

That's ok minouminou

Yes, I have two children, one of each. Both with long hair. Tbf, DS's is shorter than it used to be, but still longer rather than shorter.

In fact my toxic bitch of a mother is the only person to ever pass a negative comment about his hair. Most people tell him how good/cool it looks.