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to think school's shouldn;t be able to ban certain hairstyles?

97 replies

whichwitchisthis · 07/01/2010 09:59

just wondering really

the headmaster at ds's school has started a new thing saying they can't have spiked hair at all now and is making kids that have gel in wash it in the toilets even though it's minus something outside

Can they do this? now I'm talking short back and sides and no more than an inch of spikes....not a massive mohawk or anything

aibu

OP posts:
Goblinchild · 07/01/2010 10:30

It's usually like a layer of shellac.
Helmet hair.

pagwatch · 07/01/2010 10:31

there

The notion of young boys, or girls for that matter, poncyfying themselves in the middle of a school day makes me wantto say things my mother would nod in agreement too.

I would pull my child from a school where I saw coiffured 8 year olds in the playground

MrsNarcissist · 07/01/2010 10:34

I think school is hardly the place for hair gel, unless your child has very curly hair and requires a little serum to be controlled I don't think any products should be used at all.

ImSoNotTelling · 07/01/2010 10:34

Maybe it's to stop them poncing around in the bogs for hours.

My bro got done for an illegal haircut at school, they told him to cut it off. So I said he should shave it all down to grade 1 and see what they thought of that. He bottled it though

MrsNarcissist · 07/01/2010 10:36

Primary school? Jeez what happened to childhood and playtime being important? Gel in a 7/8 yr olds hair is pretty hideous.

MmeLindt · 07/01/2010 10:40

YABU

Think of all the embarrassment our age group would have been spared if some headteachers had banned the mullet when we were teenagers.

TheCatThatWalksAlone · 07/01/2010 10:41

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pagwatch · 07/01/2010 10:43

ROFL at MMe. She is soooo right.

We should as parents be saving our children from themselves.

Goblinchild · 07/01/2010 10:46

Well, it's not the children paying for the cuts or the products is it?
If parents want their primary children to look, act and feel like teenagers then that is their right.

Oblomov · 07/01/2010 10:48

No spikes at all ? seems a bit ott. but should mad hairstyles be banned ? yes.
shavings, designs, etc = save it for the summer.

Molesworth · 07/01/2010 10:49

So what's the problem with having the head shaved or cropped to a number 1 then?

Oblomov · 07/01/2010 10:50

7 or 8 yr old shouldn't be putting gel on at lunchtime. no no no.

Oblomov · 07/01/2010 10:51

i feel really old, all of a sudden

Goblinchild · 07/01/2010 10:51

Provided they don't behave like a skinhead with the attitude and the gobbing, I'd be fine with that. A lot of our Bengali lads used to have a number 1 every 6 weeks or so.

MmeLindt · 07/01/2010 10:52

Gosh, what a load of killjoys.

Did none of you sneak your new electric blue stillettos into your school bag to change on the way to school?

Or hitch your skirts up above the knee?

seeker · 07/01/2010 10:52

No it isn't, goblinchild - one of the functions of a school is to show children that there are choices and lifestyles that are different to the ones that they have at home.

Goblinchild · 07/01/2010 10:53

So in that case schools should encourage diversity?

seeker · 07/01/2010 10:53

MmeLindt - not when I was 7, I didn't!

Ronaldinhio · 07/01/2010 10:55

no hairstyling in pschools for me please

also all little girls with over elaborate bunches ribbons showpony hair should be disallowed

cumbria81 · 07/01/2010 11:02

Actually, I agree with the school.

There's nothing wrong with being neat and smart and formal for school.

EcoMouse · 07/01/2010 11:03

I think every schoolchild in the UK should have a stage 1. Louse free education. Wonderful.

Molesworth · 07/01/2010 11:04

Aye ecomouse, I was just thinking the same

Ronaldinhio · 07/01/2010 11:06

a lot of this goes on in certain areas of Belfast

worse than a bit of gel imho

minxofmancunia · 07/01/2010 11:21

op yanbu, there's nothing wrong with a bit of gel imo and would be at any school that forced childrens heads under taps to wash it out.

Although tbh I've never seen what all the fuss is about "strict" uniform policy is anyway. The point of uniforms for me is so that the children from poorer homes aren't stigmatised because of their lack of designer garb/range of outfits. Hairstyles are pretty much irrelevant.

Some children with afro hair have very elaborate hairstlyes, braiding, cornrows etc. They look great, and neat, do some posters think these should be banned too?

God I hated my wild, unmageable tangled mop hair at school (v thick and curly no particular style). Was bullied mercilessly about it amongst other things. Would have loved my Mum to bother with it more and make it look pretty before I was able to, would have made my life a lot easier.

dd (3) has v curly hair too and I make an effort to style it so it looks reasonable each morning including little bunches/plaits/hairbands/clips. This will continue once she starts school.

Oblomov · 07/01/2010 11:23

love it ronaldinhio. vile. far worse !!