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Original poster

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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RinkyDinkyDoo · 07/10/2012 18:31

My DS has shoulder length blonde hair, would rather him have that than a shaved head with rectanglar piece of hair left on the top- saw that on a toddler the other day < shudder>

BlueSkySinking · 07/10/2012 18:35

I quite like long hair on boys. Does it relly matter if girls have short hair and boys have long hair?

PickledFanjoCat · 07/10/2012 18:36

Hair length in my opinion had feck all to do with class. Whatsoever.

tittytittyhanghang · 07/10/2012 18:37

I couldn't give a shiny poop about the length of hair on other kids. I wouldn't make any assumptions on the child due to the length of their hair. Isn't that just silly? Now im worried that people are judging me on the length of my hair. :)

BupcakesAndCunting · 07/10/2012 18:44

Eugh at patterns in hair.

There were two boys staying at the same hotel as on in Crete this year with that sort of hair. Nothing quite as cringey as seeing scrawny white kids from Rotherham trying to look like black kids from Compton.

InvisibleHotPinkWeasel · 07/10/2012 18:52

Meh. Your only young once, they were in their school hold buppers, and it's a damn site better than those bloody woven thread thingies girls insist on having in their hair. Swirls and spirals grow out quicker, take less time to do and cost less. No do you have to make conversation with a crusty hippy whilst your dd sits still for 30 minutes. Wink

usualsuspect3 · 07/10/2012 18:53

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BupcakesAndCunting · 07/10/2012 18:57

Woven things in girl's hairs? Wha....?

3monkeys3 · 07/10/2012 18:57

YABU! My DS1 (4) has long hair - it's gorgeous - he had, what I think of as, a messy britpop sort of hairdo which he is now growing out to a surfy sort of hairdo! His choice - I asked him if he wants a short haircut and he said no. His fringe is in his eyes at the moment - it's just an awkward stage and it will be out soon - he isn't too bothered by it anyway. My DD wouldn't have clips in her hair until recently and it was a nightmare growing her fringe out (which had to happen as she has a cow's lick), so it doesn't just apply to boys! DS2's hair is still short, but I will grow it on his behalf until he decides otherwise! We aren't particularly trendy, but DH is a surfer so I suppose it follows that our DC have surfy dos. Personally, I don't like short haircuts on boys, but I don't judge the people whose children have them!

LDNmummy · 07/10/2012 19:00

I can't believe this is even an issue worth discussing Shock

And that's even with the fact that I started a thread on rice washing once.

BigFatLegsInWoolyTIghts · 07/10/2012 19:04

What about <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1C1GGGE_en-gbGB494GB494&biw=1366&bih=677&tbm=isch&tbnid=VSdcf6_mFXKyzM:&imgrefurl=www.ghettoredhot.com/jolly-rancher-candy-braids/&docid=DG5JeSELXqU7uM&imgurl=cdn.ghettoredhot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/jolly-rancher-candy-braids.jpg&w=500&h=366&ei=4MNxUIuVEpOM0wW0ooCoBw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=491&sig=104970589120948811459&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=193&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0,i:93&tx=124&ty=140" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this hairstyle for boys? would it pass the MN test?

perplexedpirate · 07/10/2012 19:15

Long hair is pretentious? Band T shirts are skanky?
What the hell is wrong with everyone today?!
ConfusedHmm

Original poster
Haahoostory · 07/10/2012 19:16

Love it woolytights. Definately no annoying hair in eyes!

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TheOldestCat · 07/10/2012 19:24

DS (aged 2.8) has two hairstyles - short at the back and longish crazy curls that go up at the back. It really is odd.

But I can't bear to have it cut as he was practically bald until 2 and the hair was very welcome.

The curls are quite frizzy (crispy baby hair) but not snot-encrusted as they are still too short for DS to get much in them and his hair doesn't go in his eyes. He does trap flies in his frizz though. Grin

MrsTerryPratchett · 07/10/2012 19:37

He'll put his eye out with that Wooly.

StrawberryTot · 07/10/2012 19:46

YABepicallyU!!!! After reading the comments on this thread once again I am shocked by the disgustingly intolerant views of some people, hopefully their children will grow up to be better people who don't judge others the same way their parents did!!! Sad Sad

princelypurpleparrot · 07/10/2012 20:10

Personally I prefer longer hair, and don't like how short hair looks.

The band t-shirts are a fiver from H&M. Not pretentious, but quite funky and v cheap!

nooka · 07/10/2012 23:06

My ds's hair is longer than my dd's hair. It's how they like it. So long as it's clean and untangled i don't really care. dd has a bob, which is way better than when it was longer (looking back I wish she had had it shorter years before, but she felt that girls needed to have long hair so was never keen). We kept ds's hair longer as a baby/toddler because he got a bit squashed inside me and his head was very triangular until he was five or six. Plus as it is curly it doesn't really get into his eyes just grows into a bit of a mop. My mother complains about it on a frequent basis. He did once accidentally have a very short cut when we took him to the Afro barber instead of the Greek one and I hardly recognise him in the photos. However apart from when they were tiny it's been all their choice.

sashh · 07/10/2012 23:15
missingmumxox · 07/10/2012 23:26

I favour the Richard Beckinsale look myself for my boys aged 7

SmellsLikeTeenStrop · 08/10/2012 00:04

Note to self, get DS2 a band T-shirt from H&M to match is lurvely long blond hair. Also, act pretentious.

TroublesomeEx · 08/10/2012 04:33

My son has long er hair. Not long but shoulder length, sometimes below, sometimes just above.

It's always been his choice.

It was my choice when he was a toddler - but then every parent imposes their choices on their toddler/young child.

He occasionally had it cut 'properly short' when he wanted, but he always regretted it. Longer hair just suits him more.

He's gorgeous with it.

But then DS's hair is also red so it would be a travesty to cut it!!

Besides it suits his personality.

flow4 · 08/10/2012 06:04

Awwww, why didn't I find this thread at 3am rather than 6am? A nice soothing discussion about nothing very important was just what I needed to get me to sleep! :)

Badgerina · 08/10/2012 06:51

All children should have shaved heads.