Long hair on boys

[camily]

My son has LONG hair. I don't just mean touches his collar, I mean half way down his back. He loves it. I love it. People joke all the time about him getting a haircut. Sometimes I get the feeling they are serious. Some people love his hair and think it's great I let him grow it. In public I see the dissapproval in strangers but don't care. He wears his wrestling shirts, baggy pants and the long hair tops it off. He tells me the chicks dig it.
Let me just say he does great in school, has a great sense of humor, VERY funny, VERY loving, and thrives on one on one time. He is a great kid.
What is the opinion here of boys with long hair? Do you automatically assume they are hoodlums?

 

[smoothmarine187]

 

[camily]

Here's a couple pics so you can see what I am talking about. They are both fairly recent.

 

[Lugnut]

I automaticaly assume they're girls.

 

[camily]

 

[mAlice]

If you're happy with it, and he likes it, I wouldn't worry about what anyone else thinks.

 

[K_Jo]

If you're happy with it, and he likes it, I wouldn't worry about what anyone else thinks.

You're the mom.

 

[camily]

If you're happy with it, and he likes it, I wouldn't worry about what anyone else thinks.

I'm not worried. Just the opposite actually. I just started realizing that some people really don't like it. It suprised me because I never really thought about it. It's never kids that don't like it unless I hear them completely mirror their parents words.

 

[SamSpade]

Here's a couple pics so you can see what I am talking about. They are both fairly recent.

I'd probably think he was a girl from a distance.

The other day my wife and I were watching some old movie, and the one telling clue was that all the teenage boys had long hair. I think it was circa 70's.

Unless the style's have changed, I kinda think long hair on boys is kinda 70's. It just looks weird to me.

 

[Vince]

Being in high school back in the early 70's, 80% of the guys had long hair. :shrug: No big deal.

 

[vraiblonde]

Here's a couple pics so you can see what I am talking about. They are both fairly recent.

I think he's cute as a button. Little sk8er boi

To hell with what other people think. As long as he's clean, that's really all that counts, IMO. It's when they're greasy, grubby and unkempt that I raise my eyes at them.

 

[aps45819]

If you're happy with it, and he likes it, I wouldn't worry about what anyone else thinks.

It's your shower drain

 

[SamSpade]

Being in high school back in the early 70's, 80% of the guys had long hair. :shrug: No big deal.

We were also looking at my yearbook pics. Again, ALL long hair. Even the jocks had hair over their ears at least. It just looked so damned funny to see a group pic of men all with long hair. Looked like a 70's rock band.

 

[K_Jo]

It's your shower drain

 

[Vince]

We were also looking at my yearbook pics. Again, ALL long hair. Even the jocks had hair over their ears at least. It just looked so damned funny to see a group pic of men all with long hair. Looked like a 70's rock band.

Hippies of the 70's.

 

[BadGirl]

I wish I had your son's nice hair.

As long as he keeps it clean, trimmed, and healthy-looking, I don't see a problem.


By the way: he's a very handsome guy

 

[camily]

I think he's cute as a button. Little sk8er boi

To hell with what other people think. As long as he's clean, that's really all that counts, IMO. It's when they're greasy, grubby and unkempt that I raise my eyes at them.

Thanks! He is a shower freak. He takes one every morning. For a 10 year old boy, that's out of the ordinary.
He actually prides himself on his hair. He thinks it's awesome he has the longest hair of any boy in his school.
He's really into wrestling and alot of those guys have the long hair so I guess he wants to be like them.I was on the "head wall" in school so most of my boyfriends/friends had long hair also. My husband had the longest hair of anyone in his class when he graduated. Boys or girls. Of course, that was only 28 kids.

 

[SoMDGirl42]

Here's a couple pics so you can see what I am talking about. They are both fairly recent.

She's beautiful!











j/k
I'd assume he was a girl, but it's whatever makes the both of you happy. Pick your battles. I'd rather my son had girly hair than alot of other things. Right now my son is letting his hair grow. To me he looks like one of the Beatles. He does not find that amusing, but he's an adult and makes his own decisions.

 

[donbarzini]

When I had hair, I had it about that long. And neither my mother nor I gave a flying fork what anybody thought about it. They give you any lip, give me their name, a picture, shoe size and body of water closest to where they live. I'll handle it.

 

[sanchezf]

My son has LONG hair. I don't just mean touches his collar, I mean half way down his back. He loves it. I love it. People joke all the time about him getting a haircut. Sometimes I get the feeling they are serious. Some people love his hair and think it's great I let him grow it. In public I see the dissapproval in strangers but don't care. He wears his wrestling shirts, baggy pants and the long hair tops it off. He tells me the chicks dig it.
Let me just say he does great in school, has a great sense of humor, VERY funny, VERY loving, and thrives on one on one time. He is a great kid.
What is the opinion here of boys with long hair? Do you automatically assume they are hoodlums?

Camily,
My son is going through this now, he wants his hair long (it's in the scruffy stages) I think it's cute and don't mind aslong as it is kept clean and neat. However his because it isn't grown out yet is aweful looking but I am trying to deal with it. So anyway my question is How long does it take to grow his hair that long?