My kid wanted his ear pierced when he was in grade school. I wouldn't let him. Finally, in the 6th grade, I told him he could, but just one, and nothing else. It lasted a few years.
In the 9th grade, he wanted a mohawk. He is a football kid, mind you, and not a punk. It came and went all through highschool, between flat tops and high and tights. When football was over, so was the mohawk.
He graduated with a 3.8 GPA, and as the president of the student council. He has a full time job, and is going to college.
If kids can't find a way to express themselves in a healthy way, they usually find a way in an unhealthy way. It's just hair. He's just a kid. Get over it.
In the 9th grade, he wanted a mohawk. He is a football kid, mind you, and not a punk. It came and went all through highschool, between flat tops and high and tights. When football was over, so was the mohawk.
He graduated with a 3.8 GPA, and as the president of the student council. He has a full time job, and is going to college.
If kids can't find a way to express themselves in a healthy way, they usually find a way in an unhealthy way. It's just hair. He's just a kid. Get over it.
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My brother let his teen son & daughter do what they wanted with their hair during the summer breaks.. cut it anyway they wanted too and color it any color they wanted... but when school started.. they became human again. If the boy didn't get off the computer and go to bed at reasonable times.. he took the kid's bedroom door off of the hinges and stored it in the shed for a month... and the punishment started from there.
Hey OP, what have you got to worry about... what's the worse that could happen in the long run......?
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I agree with the comments above related to understanding your role and who is and is not his parent. But, that doesn't mean you can't have some influence. Look for opportunities to get him around good role models. If you know some good, solid men with attributes that you like, find opportunities to spend time with them and him together--cops, firefighters, soldiers, churchmen. He may just find a different kind of influence and role model in his life. Kids respond better to what you do and what they observe than what they're told. That's my $.02.
So a kid who wants a mohawk, or to grow his hair out is lacking “good male role models”?!?
As has been mentioned: it's NOYFB. As we like to say when our parents try and muscle their way into what we should do with our kids: "you raised yours, let me raise mine".
Shave it,
Next, the kid will have his name shaved onto the back of his head.
After careful consideration, I'm changing my position on this subject.
You must beat the boy relentlessly until he vows to become a mini-me, or mini-you. We cannot allow kids to grow up to bucking the system, the must learn to be compliant and and let others do the thinking.
You must beat the boy relentlessly until he vows to become a mini-me, or mini-you. We cannot allow kids to grow up to bucking the system, the must learn to be compliant and and let others do the thinking.
