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 utterly loathe short hair on boys,think it looks awful and makes every boy look the same and err slightly rough which is why my 9 year old boys have always had long hair.

One had a scissor phobia and neither liked or wanted short hair so all 3 of us were happy.Never dangled in my boys faces as they have fringes.

Dd has v long hair and it's always in her face as she hates it being tied back.

Not in my book.

Closely cut identikit hair = rough and reminds me of the skin head look.As for those ridiculous patterns cut in short hair .Clearly parents have different tastes and opinions re hair.

I've seen young boys with long hair have their hair tied back. Little braids, head bands and the like. It doesn't get in their way then. Also, most kids I have met absolutely have opinions about their hair, and most are wearing it exactly as they like it! Often to the parent's horror...

In fact, i suspect boys have more say over their hair than girls do. Or most girls want long hair. I am not super fashion conscious, so it could be that, or it could be that parents just won't give girls short short hair.

You see adult male footballers wearing headbands on the pitch these days. Styles (and assumptions) are a-changin' ...

I very much imposed short hair on my toddler/young DS. He would love to have never had it cut.

The new head at DS2's school is dictating no hair touching the collar...or it much be tied up. If he wasn't such a dick, and shouted at the kids in assembly about it I would be tempted to encourage DS2 to grow his longer just because I feel like rebelling.

My ds's hair is cut like George Clooneys. How is that rough?

GC's hair isn't too short. It's buzz cuts on boys that can make them look rough , IMO.

But a French crop is hardly long hair?

Usual, damn good point

I said GC as an sick of saying French crop, then having to link to an picture of GC to explain what I mean.

I can live with that usual.

you may say "stuck up snob" I say "from a middle class home"

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Friend of mine refused to cut her ds hair until people asked ht repeatedly if he was a girl. She has finally cut it off. I'm sure she thought it would interfered with AP or some such.
My neighbour has a toddler with white blond hair she clipped back for ages. This hair is so gorgeous I couldn't have cut it either! I'm gutted her ds kept a clip in for a year - my dd can't manage 5 minutes!

Each to their own

What's more. My gorgeous nephew looks like he is on a concentration camp because his mother insists on doing it all over with clippers. Every time. And not because he has nits. He's 12 - I hope he rebels soon

YABU. Have you ever tried to make a toddler do anything they don't want to do? If a little boy doesn't want long hair he will make his preferences known. Same for little girls, trying to keep them from pulling their hair ties/clips out is a losing battle.

Anyway in my culture we don't cut a child's hair until they turn three.

it's a class badge thing - the long floppy surfer do, says 'look we are middle class' while a number two shouts 'chav!'
my boy has worn his both ways (well it wasn't a floppy do, it was a horizontal mess) - and nothing has beat the reaction to a blond haired blue eyed kid with a v.short do.

I find my DSs hair helpfully marks us out as pretentious middle class try hards in those precious few moments before the casual observer has had a chance to hear his poncetastic middle class try hard name.

He had it 'bra strap' length until year two of school we tied it up in a looped ponytail for him to comply with school rules and he wore it loose at home. He loved it long and wanted it in two plaits like Mildred Hubble.

He now has it in a more socially acceptable shaggy chin length surfer style. It is like spun gold and washed daily.

That is just awful, MrsTerryPratchett.
(goes and throws Titanic soundtrack in bin)

Patterns in hair are really awful.

My friends son was badly bullied between the ages of 4 and 9 because he had shoulder length blonde curls. His mum loved it and he loved his mum but that little boy was picked on by his peers at three different schools because of his hair. Of course the bullies were to blame but that didn't make J any happier.

DS1 has a short crop (his choice) DS2 has a somewhat retro pageboy at the moment (his choice), he loves his 'air cwips, and is also a massive fan of tights of all colours (currently rocking pink spotty ones with lime heels).

I do not think he will catch 'the gay', nor do I worry about people mistaking him for a girl. He's 3 - why shouldn't he play dress up and choose his own appearance now? He also needs to be prised away from his digger t-shirt and matchbox cars. He seems utterly unfazed by anyone mistaking him for a girl - 'no boy silly'. Am I worried about him being teased? No - his nursery class all love him to bits. Each time we go to the hairdresser we lop a bit off so it's not uncomfortable or a hindrance.

I'm sure as soon as he starts school he'll want short hair like his brother, or bloody ben 10 anyway.

I personally don't like long hair on little boys, so would cut it.

But each to his own.