To think boys should have short hair?

[TonyMontanasGun]

Why would you want your little boy to have long hair?

Seriously, every time i watch Eastenders and Sharons kid comes on all i can think is "you need a haircut"

I'm the opposite - I dislike VERY short hair on little boys. It seems a shame to cut off their curls. And if they have thick hair I think a big mop is lovely.

They should have short hair until they are old enough to pay for their own haircut.

Didn't this thread happen last week?? It was really long and everyone just disagreed with each other.

purple And the week before that, and the week before that, and the week before.. oh you get the picture.

But yes OP YABU, and weird.

Of course YABU

long hair on males = 'silly? Is that an absolute? A universal truth? No. There's no reason why males should have short hair and long hair on males is not objectively 'silly'. We just happen to have a society that at this moment in time has made short hair on boys 'normal', and so anything outside of that looks 'silly' to people who, er, how to put this, really want and need everything to be as society dictates. It hasn't always been that way and I am confident that in the future, we'll see it not being that way again.

There are places all over the world where men don't have a number 3 all over. There are men who never cut their hair their whole lives.

Out of interest - what length should girl's hair be? Is short hair on girls silly, or do they get to choose from the full range of lengths?

I have two boys. They have very short hair, as it's really tight curls and I cannot be arsed. If they want long hair, they wait until they can take care of it themselves. But there's nothing 'silly' about boys with long hair, imo.

Each to their own. I don't particulary like long hair on young boys but I prefer that to really short shaved type cuts

You sound like my dad.
Boys with long hair and a proper job, girls with dresses and culinary skills a priority.
He didn't think you'd turn out gay if male with long hair, but he disliked the hippy lifestyle he associated with it.

'Why are people giving me biscuits? What does it mean???'

It means they think your opinion is so dim it is unworthy of comment.

I think long hair on boys usually looks horrible. Usually, because when I see little boys with long hair, it's usually all matted and tangled - not nice at all. But if it was combed, it would look nicer. Though I still prefer short hair on boys - as I do on men.

That said, I've also noticed that while long hair is popular among smaller boys (say, age 6 and below), you rarely see it on older boys. Perhaps this is because when they get to school they decide for themselves that they want short hair? Certainly this happened to a boy in DS' school. He and his two younger brothers all had shoulder length blonde hair when younger. When he was in Year 1 he insisted to his mum that she let him get a haircut. His next brother followed suit. She was gutted but at least she has another year or two with the youngest one. Interestingly, she has a very short pixie crop herself.

I was talking about this last week with my husband after the last thread.

He reminded me that when he was 17 he saw his grandad for the first time after several months when he'd grown a ponytail.

His grandad said, "A ponytail? How ridiculous. You're never going to look like Prince Andrew with a ponytail!"

We hadn't realised that that was the epitome of masculinity and aspiration!

My son has pretty much always had long hair. Sometimes he's asked to have it chopped off and so he has, and then he's regretted it. I'd never clip his hair very short because I don't like that look. But after 3 it was completely his choice. My daughter has also had a short bob, and now has long hair. She's been thinking about cutting it again recently.

I can't see why anyone can have such strong feelings though about the length of another persons hair.

I can't see why there would be different rules applied to girl children and boy children.

My DS has a old-fashioned Christopher Robin/puddingbowl hairdo. It suits him. Every time we see the in-laws they all moan he needs a haircut.

We ignore them.

Yabu.
DS has short hair but only because I find it more practical than long. He's only two but if he wants it long when he's older so be it.
If I ever have a DD, I'd keep her hair short too until she was old enough to choose for herself.
It always amazes me that other people care one way or the other.

worra you must live in a parallel universe to me, as I know a local barber with a daughter who has hair as you describe, am sure you don't live in Scotland though?

Yabu, hairstyle is a personal choice and suits that of the individual.

My grandmother thought all women should have short hair because that was the fashion when she was young, therefore= universally valid and the only respectable choice. Some friends of the family sent us a Christmas card with a family photo, 3 beautiful girls with long flowing hair, and she ranted at great length about how disrespectful it was to send such a picture at Christmas.

A generation earlier Hans Fallada's dad blew a fuse when his son had his hair cut short because that to him was a criminal look: it was how the clients looked when he had to sentence them to death in his job as a judge and he hated that.

So if your 3/4 year old wanted to dye his hair purple would you let him seeing as though its "his hair = his choice" ?

Hair dye on young children is fairly risky, far too much chance of it irritating their skin plus at 3/4 they are not quite old enough to be able to have dye on their hair without either getting it everywhere/in their mouth. So hardly comparable with long hair, unless you think long hair is a potential risk? In which case do you dislike it on girls as well?

I was on a thread about this approximately a week ago, sorry, just cannot be bothered to go into it all over again.

But if it's Ok for girls then there's no reason it shouldn't be Ok for boys.

Just like, say, climbing trees or playing with dolls...seriously what IS your objection.

Mine have short hair btw.

YABVU. My son is 12 and has longish hair, it comes to his shoulders.

BUT, he was born with a facial disgurament which his long hair disguises. When he was in the infants he had short hair and got teased, bullied, made fun off and picked on because of it. He grew his hair to hide it.

So living by your rules he should just cut his hair and make his life in senior school a living hell?

Thanks a fucking bunch.

DISFIGURMENT - bloody fat fingers

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My son has long hair. It suits him, he's gorgeous. All a matter of taste. For instance, I don't understand why you'd give your son a borstal ready buzz cut then shave patterns in it before teaming it with a single diamond stud earring to complete the thug effect. I think that looks fucking awful. But, given the number of poor boys sporting the look locally, I can only assume some parents think it looks super. Baffling to me, but there's nowt as rich and diverse as human opinion I guess.

I don't have any boys, but if my girls can have long hair of they want, I don't see why a boy can't.

Round here most boys sport the shaggy haired surfer dude look, I prefer it to very short styles

Vodkajelly - im talking about small kids. Like 3/4. I think they look ridiculous.

Older kids can make their own mind up. My oldest son was also born with a disfigurement and i wouldnt wish the bullying on anyone.