Long hair on boys

[Toxick]

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.

When I was a teenager, I had long hair halfway down my back.
But then again, that was the 80's, and everyone's hair was halfway down their back.


I say if he's doing good in school, behaves himself and is generally good people, then who gives a #### what other people think?

I, personally, have never judged anyone because of their hair. I find that you can more accurately judge someone by the way they wear their ballcaps. They lose 20 IQ points if their ballcap is on backwards, and they lose 50 IQ points, and they deserve a open-handed roundhouse slap right across the face if it's on sideways... plus they're most probably a criminal.


I say to his hair. I'd grow mine back out again, if I didn't look so ####ing good with a crew cut.

 

[vbailey]

I think I would try to talk him into a cut that makes him look more like a boy. He is young so it makes him look like a girl. My son (12 ) had same problem untill this year, he got a guy cute and he is looking more like a teen ager now so it is a lot better looking now. I don't mind my son with long hair as long as he still looks like a guy. He plays the drums and wants to look cool, I don't mind as long as his grades are good and he is a good kid. Its a just a harmless fad they most likely will out grow...we all did it at one time.

 

[sockgirl77]

I think I would try to talk him into a cut that makes him look more like a boy. He is young so it makes him look like a girl. My son (12 ) had same problem untill this year, he got a guy cute and he is looking more like a teen ager now so it is a lot better looking now. I don't mind my son with long hair as long as he still looks like a guy. He plays the drums and wants to look cool, I don't mind as long as his grades are good and he is a good kid. Its a just a harmless fad they most likely will out grow...we all did it at one time.

I think her son is adorable. He does not look like a girl.

 

[camily]

I think her son is adorable. He does not look like a girl.

 

[SoMDGirl42]

I think I would try to talk him into a cut that makes him look more like a boy. He is young so it makes him look like a girl. My son (12 ) had same problem untill this year, he got a guy cute and he is looking more like a teen ager now so it is a lot better looking now. I don't mind my son with long hair as long as he still looks like a guy. He plays the drums and wants to look cool, I don't mind as long as his grades are good and he is a good kid. Its a just a harmless fad they most likely will out grow...we all did it at one time.

I hope you didn't mean he got a cute guy and instead meant guy cut

 

[Cowgirl]

My brother used to have long hair, and he used to dye it all sorts of colors. My parents never cared, because he did well in school, and he was a good kid. :shrug: Now, he has a buzz cut, but still dyes it now and then. Last time I saw him, he had leopard spots.

 

[nicole_M]

Our 4 year old has always had short hair... We just always kept it that way.

Then our second son came along and had the most beautiful curls I'd ever seen....We didn't cut his hair for 2 years . Finally a few months ago I just decided to do it...

He seems like a much happier kid. No hair in his face... He always wants Daddy to cut his hair now so I know he likes it short.

I saved all his curls in a Ziploc bag.

Before and After

 

[Chain729]

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?

I don't assume anything. Then again, with the end of my ponytail at the bottom of my shoulderblades, I'm kinda bias.

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?

To go from shaved head to getting it ALL in a ponytail? Took me over a year, but everyone's hair grows at a different rate.

Both of my sons have long hair and my oldest once contemplated growing dreads. Personally, I prefer men with long hair so I obviously don't see a problem with it. Ignore the stares from everyone else. The way I see it parents have better battles to pick with their children then the length of their hair. :shrug:

The only one in your house with long hair is the one that has staring contests with the squirells.

 

[poster]

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.

I agree....not to my personal taste but sounds like he's not a "follower". Better for him to have his own identity.

Right now my daughter is into the "layered" look with clothes. Whatever, as long as it's clean, no holes and comes close to matching I'm cool with it.
The other day I dropped her off at school and she got a sideways look from a teacher. Get a grip!!! Her grades are ok, good behavior and happy at school. She can wear leggings with a skirt and short sleeve with long, she's happy. Sometimes she looks a little silly but she'll outgrow it.

 

[camily]

Our 4 year old has always had short hair... We just always kept it that way.

Then our second son came along and had the most beautiful curls I'd ever seen....We didn't cut his hair for 2 years . Finally a few months ago I just decided to do it...

He seems like a much happier kid. No hair in his face... He always wants Daddy to cut his hair now so I know he likes it short.

I saved all his curls in a Ziploc bag.

Before and After

Cute!!! Both ways.

 

[nicole_M]

Camily - your son is a cutie. I think you should do whatever you think is right. I agree with the others, as long as he does not mind it and keeps it clean, what is the harm?!

People mistook my son as a girl many times and thought I had g/g twins. Even though he wore blue and green most days You can't make everyone happy!!

 

[sockgirl77]

Camily - your son is a cutie. I think you should do whatever you think is right. I agree with the others, as long as he does not mind it and keeps it clean, what is the harm?!

People mistook my son as a girl many times and thought I had g/g twins. Even though he wore blue and green most days You can't make everyone happy!!

I took my baby girl to Wal*Fart when she was a week old. She was in a pink carseat with a pink blanket and some old lady in line still asked me if she was a boy or a girl.

 

[camily]

I took my baby girl to Wal*Fart when she was a week old. She was in a pink carseat with a pink blanket and some old lady in line still asked me if she was a boy or a girl.

Same thing happend to me with my oldest. She was in a dress with a bow in her hair and an older lady came up and asked me the same thing. Didn't bother me though. Just made me smile.

 

[nicole_M]

I took my baby girl to Wal*Fart when she was a week old. She was in a pink carseat with a pink blanket and some old lady in line still asked me if she was a boy or a girl.

I don't get it sometimes...!!! People still ask me all the time if my b/g twins are identical. People are funny, I know they are trying to make small talk most of the time so it doesn't bother me.

 

[toppick08]

Well, you do live in Waldorf...

 

[sockgirl77]

WTF are you smacking me for? You live in Leonardtown. :shrug:

 

[sanchezf]

Here's a couple from the in between stage.

My boy's hair hasn't even made it that far yet
That would look better than where we are at...

 

[vegmom]

Same thing happend to me with my oldest. She was in a dress with a bow in her hair and an older lady came up and asked me the same thing. Didn't bother me though. Just made me smile.

When my daughter was 3 she got hold of scissors and I ended up having to cut her hair like a boys to minimize the damage (she looked like she had lost a fight with a Weedeater). Needless to say she wore the frilliest stuff I could find until it grew back. Her hair had just gotten out of that scraggly baby hair stage and she got all kinds of ponytail holders and clippies for her birthday. Oh I cried my eyes out cleaning those little blonde locks off the bathroom floor! Luckily she had enough hair in the front for me to still latch on a barrette or two.

 

[toppick08]

WTF are you smacking me for? You live in Leonardtown. :shrug:

 

[Beelzebaby666]

Long hair.. it!!

My boy had long hair too but we recently cut it. He had ringlet curls so it didn't hang in his face or anything.