I was quite surprised when I found local salons were really not very pleasant about children at all, even though mine sat still and were well-behaved. At my son's first, she didn't speak to him and didn't use a cloak/gown to protect his clothes, which meant his was covered in shorn hair all down his neck. The second time, still didn't speak to him. This time she simply lifted two chunks of hair from above either ear, lopped it off, did the same to the back and started sweeping him down. It was about 25 seconds. I had to go over and reiterate what I had said about a layered style.
The third time I treated him to my own 'adult' salon. Here, he was greeted warmly, almost as if he was an actual person, offered a drink, chatted to by the stylist and given a very flattering cut.
As it was a one-off treat, I tried another local salon, figuring our first trips must have been unlucky.
As before, this stylist didn't even speak to him, chopped a few random chunks to make the hair SHORTER but not actually styling it, and made a few miserable remarks about me trimming his fringe and 'making an awful mess'. Yes, from a tiny up-to-the-eyebrows trim on one front section.
So now, guess where we go. Not just the one where they actually style the hair to the client, but the one where he is spoken to and treated properly.