Boy's Hair! is this style practical for school/maintanace?

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I have an 11 year old Billie Joe Armstrong wannabe. He currently has quite long hair but now has asked for it to be like this:

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He starts secondary school in september so I can't have him going looking scruffy - is this style easy to maintain? if so, what would it take? wax?

Woops, soz, don't know what happened there!

That's a scary picture!!!
That style needs wax or some product to keep it in shape- is he the sort of boy to do that?
As long as it's clean, I don't see the problem- better than having his hair flopping in front of his face in a sweepy fringe.
And he won't have the scary face will he?
(GOES OFF WONDERING WHO BILLIE JOE IS)

No chance, that is a 6th form hairstyle, he's a little boy for goodness sake.

I wouldn't say that's an unusal style in secondary school these days (I've seen much worse!).

It will make a bit of a statement right at the beginning of Year 7 though.

Looked at the picture and thought, yum!

I love Billie Joe. Not sure how easy that style would be to do though.

It's short enough so yes - if he's willing to put the work in!

Ds would love Billy joe hair too. He has just started to grow it. I think with a style like that you could wear it more funky at the weekends if it posed a problem at school.

You would need to check the school regulations on hair as that wouldn't be allowed at my dd's school.