Only b/c I know this will turn into a debate..lol
What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6)
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12)
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18)
and last but not least what about men with long hair?

By long I mean at LEAST midback long hair

I just roll my eyes. My child will not have it but to each their own.

I would have 2-6 have their hair at nape length simply because they're small and might not wanna sit to have it combed and all that jazz.

All the way up the ages though I think it's a go.

Db's older bro has long hair which he always has in a ponytail. I'd like to clean him up a bit more and find him a gf. He's a sweetie. He should have one.


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I really don't care about any of it, it is to each their own, but I am not attracted to men with long hair.

I don't like long hair on boys at all, JMO.:)

i think NO BOY should have hair longer than to their shoulders ...it just looks eeww to me. and deff not on a man thats just gross.. i like my men clean cut :)

i think it's yucky. at any age. :sick

I don't like long hair on boys at all, JMO.:)

The reason I ask is that my neighbor across the way has her friend here and both thier boys have WAIST length long hair
:edit the boys are like 3 and 4

I think it depends on the person. I know some people who don't believe in cutting their boy's hair until they hit a certain age ( it's their culture ).

There is a difference between nice long hair, icky long hair, the right length and too long. For me you have to be able to pull it off really really well. I have seen some guys that have long hair and they were pretty good looking. I have also seen men that had long hair and ewwww. As long as you can rock it, go for it. Little kids, it depends on what you like and what your kid likes. Teenagers are trying to do the seventies look. If my boy wants long hair, he can have it, as long as it looks right on him lol. I would never force my child into cutting their hair if they didnt want to. Hair is hair, I'd rather worry about other things they might be doing.

Not really how I roll :lol

I personally dont like long hair, but if my boys grew theirs out...its their head. :) Now if it makes your kid look like a girl, then cut it! lol...

Doesn't bother me as long as it's clean and well-kept. If it's getting stringy, it needs to be dealt with.

Oh- and if you can't grow hair on TOP of your head, please don't compensate by growing it from that ring just over your ears, down to the middle of your back.

Personally, I don't find boys/teens/men with long hair attractive. But... to each his own!

My dad has long hair but it's not too too long. It's not really my thing though. I think boys look better clean cut JMO.

I don't like boy with long hair. That's just my opinion. Like Kate Hudson, her sons hair is waaaay to long IMO

i like long hair on guys and boys. i hate when they do not take care of it . there is only one thing worse for me than a little boy with long hair that is not taken care of, and that is a little boy with a high n tight. no little boy should have a mans hair cut. jmo

I like it on the people that can pull it off. Some boys look good, some don't, some men look good, some don't. My husband had somewhat long hair before he joined the Navy :lol It was to his shoulders, not his back though.

Like Trace Adkins... that man is sexy and so is his long hair :P

My son will not have long hair as long as I can help it. I do not like hair long at all.

i like long hair on guys and boys. i hate when they do not take care of it . there is only one thing worse for me than a little boy with long hair that is not taken care of, and that is a little boy with a high n tight. no little boy should have a mans hair cut. jmo

Zach has that. He wanted to be like his father..

I don't think a little boy having a nice hair cut is worse then long hair JMO

personally i don't like it. my BIL has long hair, he's 14, i cut his hair once to his shoulders because he wanted me to even it out for him. my MIL, FIL and DH wish he would cut it but alas, it's his choice. they don't want to force him to cut it, it's his adaptation of personal style.

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he's quite a character, don't mind that his hair a bit messy and the weird face he's making, we were on a road trip from meridian, idaho to the coast of oregon and we stopped at multnomah falls. that's my icky hair there too lol.

his hair is usually really maintained wait let me find a better picture

Its fine with me. Lots of people think my son's hair is too long, but I think its adorable. I think the length is very flattering on him.

So long as it is well maintained, I have no issues with it.

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personally i don't like it. my BIL has long hair, he's 14, i cut his hair once to his shoulders because he wanted me to even it out for him. my MIL, FIL and DH wish he would cut it but alas, it's his choice. they don't want to force him to cut it, it's his adaptation of personal style.

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he's quite a character, don't mind that his hair a bit messy and the weird face he's making, we were on a road trip from meridian, idaho to the coast of oregon and we stopped at multnomah falls. that's my icky hair there too lol.

See I don't mind it on adults or even bigger kids.
It's just on a really young kid...
I just don't know

i like long hair on guys and boys. i hate when they do not take care of it . there is only one thing worse for me than a little boy with long hair that is not taken care of, and that is a little boy with a high n tight. no little boy should have a mans hair cut. jmo

I totally agree! My mil kept dropping hints about ds getting one. I kept thinking, my husbands in the military, not my son.

Its fine with me. Lots of people think my son's hair is too long, but I think its adorable. I think the length is very flattering on him.

So long as it is well maintained, I have no issues with it.

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I said mid back or longer.

My nephew and my SIL's boyfriend have long hair. The nephews is shorter than it used to be (he is 8 and it used to be down his back), but still down to his shoulders. The SIL's boyfriend has hair to his waist that he always wears pulled back. It doesn't bother me. It suits both of them. I am not personally attracted to long hair on men, but I have super long hair myself so anyone who can have hair as long as mine and still have it looking nice gets props from me. Long hair is a PITA.

**Disclaimer ~ I am speaking in completely general terms**

Honestly, I think that judging people as gross or dirty or hippy or whatever just because they have certain hair is silly. Let people look how they want. It doesn't effect them, so why would they care? I think judging people based on the outside and not who they are a person is unfair and quite frankly, juvenile. It's one thing to not like a style of hair, not be attracted to it, whatever. It is another (and I have seen this happen) to deny someone a job or treat them badly because of something as stupid as their hair.

Zach has that. He wanted to be like his father..

But I think there is a difference when a child asks for it, and the parent just starts buzzing away.

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there we go, he's got nice hair, it's baby fine and everything, i've braided his hair plenty of times lol. but like i said he's quite a character so disregard what he's wearing

I know my DS has gotten the little boy cut. I love it on him. make him look so cute.

On an adult, having long hair...please wash it. I've seen to many stringy, oily adults. Makes me want to gag.

I said mid back or longer.

Gotcha, but who's to say I won't let it get that long in the future. His hair grows fast, and he's only two, so in another few months it could be that long. We still get, "oh he looks like a little girl" comments now.

See I don't mind it on adults or even bigger kids.
It's just on a really young kid...
I just don't know

i don't know about young kids, i mean, i wouldn't like it on a really little boy, makes no sense to me :shrug but some people like it that way.

O/T: we went to a restaurant one time, a guy sitting at the table behind us dropped his napkin but didn't want to reach under my BIL's seat to get it.. he thought he was a girl, go figure.

Zach has that. He wanted to be like his father..

i am not talking about the ones that want it that way, just to make it clear hon. i am talking about the ones that are forced to. my nephews are 6 and almost 5 and they scream every time she cuts their hair because they want the little flipped up bangs in the front that some of the boys wear and she shaves them bald every week. drives me nuts.

course i figured my opinion would be vastly different from most because of the way i believe that they should have some say in their own personal style even when they are 4 or 5. they see how people wear their hair on tv and stuff and should be allowed to try stuff.

i just do not personally like it being forced. and i like the longer hair on little boys ( not necessarily way down their backs) just not shaved because i think shaved is a mans hair cut and no boy should have that unless it is what they want. again just my opinion. no one has to share it i just wanted to clarify now that i do not have a toddler on my lap i can be a little more long winded ( oops)

It depends. there is a boy in TX or NM :puzz who's family is fighting for him to be allowed in school because they are saying his hair is too long. He is Native American and it's their tradition to grow their hair long as it represents how long they have been on the earth.

I normally high and tight my kids hair starting at 2 BUT with Sy I'm breaking it. Im going to let his hair grow until I can't deal with it anymore.

I think to each their own. While I may not care for it, I am not the parent that has to sit and brush the tangles out.

What I can't stand is the Farrah Fawcett wannabe hair with a baseball hat on, on boys. That just drives me crazy.

my son will have his hair however he wants it.. my husband had long hair which he had up in a pony tail and shaved under neath. but if our son wants long hair then i dont care just a long he takes care of it and brushes it. right now he has a bowel cut so i dunno well see.

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and if the school says his hair is to long we will cut it to meet the regs but like i said well see

I think little boy look adorable with longer hair. Honestly as long as it's styled right...it can look good at any age.

i like long hair on guys and boys. i hate when they do not take care of it . there is only one thing worse for me than a little boy with long hair that is not taken care of, and that is a little boy with a high n tight. no little boy should have a mans hair cut. jmo

I totally agree. Kelly shaves Ian's head and it makes Drew and I cry. (Drew had shoulder length hair pre-Navy.) :edit Ian can't stand getting it cut. He likes having something to touch, but apparently playing with your hair is feminine:rolleyes.


Berk in your neighbor's case, I personally would have it a little shorter just so it doesn't inhibit their play.

My oldest has cow licks so I keep his hair shorter it just doesn't look good long. He likes it to be shaved (like his uncle Chris and Uncle Orin) and then when it grows out a bit he likes me to faux hawk it or spike it depending on his mood. My youngest has very nice hair and I keep his shaggy. I don't care if kids like their hair long.

I don't see why they would not be allowed in public school either when you are a young person it is the only time in your life (unless you work at someplace w. more alternative/lenient dress codes as an adult) that you can have funky hair styles and really express your inner self. For some peeps their hair and the way it is cut or not cut is a religious/cultural expression. Native Americans, certain Jewish groups, etc have hair things :) In Judaism (Orthodox) there is a tradition of not cutting a boys hair until he turns three years old.

My son has and will always have short hair, so long as he lives under my roof. That may sound harsh, but I just do not care for my son to have long hair. As for men with long hair, I have never been attracted to men with long hair, unless you count my teenage crushes on hair band singers. :giggle To each their own though, guess we can't all like the same thing, life would be rather boring I suppose.

My boys won't have long hair. I think its gross cause most of them don't take care of it so it's dirty and in their eyes and they are always cocking their heads to the side to get t out of their eyes. Then they wonder why they have pimples cause they have greasy hair on their faces!!
Its so gross, and for people like Kate Hudson who let her 2 yr olds hair get that long should be ashamed, he gets made fun of daily by millions of people for thinking he's a girl.

Sorry. JMO

My husband would never let it happen. Every time we're out and he sees a little boy with a long pony tail he comments that he'd love to have a pair of scissors and cut if off. He thinks every male should keep their hair short.

I am not opposed to it. Just look at Ryder Hudson/Robinson, he is a cutie, but as far as men go, I am just not attracted to the long hair.

:tsktsk

I don't like it at all. It makes them look like a bum. Plus no son of mine is going to have longer hair then me.

I don't like long hair on boys/young men/men.

There is a difference between nice long hair, icky long hair, the right length and too long. For me you have to be able to pull it off really really well. I have seen some guys that have long hair and they were pretty good looking. I have also seen men that had long hair and ewwww. As long as you can rock it, go for it. Little kids, it depends on what you like and what your kid likes. Teenagers are trying to do the seventies look. If my boy wants long hair, he can have it, as long as it looks right on him lol. I would never force my child into cutting their hair if they didnt want to. Hair is hair, I'd rather worry about other things they might be doing.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Long hair can be insanely cool/cute/attractive if it's taken care of, and the person sporting it is the "type" :yes

Only b/c I know this will turn into a debate..lol
What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6)
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12)
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18)
and last but not least what about men with long hair?

By long I mean at LEAST midback long hair

I don't have to worry about it thank god, b/c my son can't stand his hair touching his ears. But when I see other children (males) with extensively long hair I just shake my head. Just b/c they CAN grow it, doesn't mean they should. And I grew up in the 80's big hair days, yet still think this. Jon Bon Jovi looks WAY better with short hair.

Im against it, but to each his own.. As long as it is clean and brushed, just like if it were a woman's head of hair, then its better, but I dont feel guys should have long hair. I think its one of those special assests for women

I know my 14 mth old needs a haircut, but I don't want his curls to diassapear so I have been putting it off. I prefer short hair on boys.

I do not like it. :refuse

That said, Tandis has longish hair (shaggy, not to his shoulders though) and he likes it that way. So I leave it that way. As long as it stays out of his eyes I'm able to stand it...

My husband had long hair, so did his bro when they were in highschool, luckily he had chopped it off before we met or I would not have dated him. I just personally think it's gross.

My brother has had longish hair too. I don't know why they all have to do that but whatever. It's not MY hair, it's theirs. I'm fine with it as long as it's not unkempt all the time.

I think its cute on all ages. As long as your little boy doesn't look like girl.. don't do that to him. lol. But I take care of a almost 2 year old and he is adorable and his hair is getting longer and his parents want him to have the surfer boy look. As far as teenagers. As long as they know how to take care of it (which most boys don't lol). And as far as men... I just have to say that I am attracted to men with long hair and always have been. My df had long hair for a while and mmm I LOVED it. Of course now he is practically bald and I love that too. Its the in between length that I really can't stand.

Ds has long hair, he says the girls can't help themselves and have to touch it, he calls it "lethal and feathery", he's 16.

To me it's just hair, nothing to get worked up about.

Ds has long hair, he says the girls can't help themselves and have to touch it, he calls it "lethal and feathery", he's 16.

To me it's just hair, nothing to get worked up about.

My bro has that happen to him all the time. It's really weird.. :screwy

My nephew and my SIL's boyfriend have long hair. The nephews is shorter than it used to be (he is 8 and it used to be down his back), but still down to his shoulders. The SIL's boyfriend has hair to his waist that he always wears pulled back. It doesn't bother me. It suits both of them. I am not personally attracted to long hair on men, but I have super long hair myself so anyone who can have hair as long as mine and still have it looking nice gets props from me. Long hair is a PITA.

**Disclaimer ~ I am speaking in completely general terms**

Honestly, I think that judging people as gross or dirty or hippy or whatever just because they have certain hair is silly. Let people look how they want. It doesn't effect them, so why would they care? I think judging people based on the outside and not who they are a person is unfair and quite frankly, juvenile. It's one thing to not like a style of hair, not be attracted to it, whatever. It is another (and I have seen this happen) to deny someone a job or treat them badly because of something as stupid as their hair.

Just so you know and anyone else who wonders. I didn't say I was judging or anything else. I'm just saying I'm not sure how I feel on the look of it. That is my right. I never said if I liked the boys or anything of that sort. I just wanted to see how most people felt on it.

What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6)I think they are going to be confused for girls
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12)I think that some schools might have an issue with hair that long, but they are old enough to have their own style
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18)If they want to deal with the upkeep, whatever
and last but not least what about men with long hair?Depends on the style if I will find them attractive (dh had shoulder length dreads when we met) but it is their own choice

Personally I have talked to dh and we don't really care what style our child chooses but if they choose a hair style that cost a lot in upkeep then they need to be able to pay for it.

What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6)-I think it's fine. My DF is a metal head and I love long hair and in my opinion I would grow out their hair but to a length where they aren't mistaken as a girl.
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12) I think that's fine as well. If they want long hair then that's fine. If they want short hair that's fine.
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18) Same as above answer.
and last but not least what about men with long hair? I LOVE MEN WITH LONG HAIR. My DF had long hair in high school and I think he looked soooo sexy. After he's done with the Navy, he's letting his hair grow back out.

So my opinion, I don't mind long hair.

Not for me. I love men with military cuts

I think teenagers rock it the best. :yes

I really don't like hair that long on little boys, shoulder length or shorter looks cutest on most(to me)but there are exceptions ot every rule and the little boys who can wear it well look SO adorable!.

I'm not a fan of it on men, though on REALLY old men it's awesome-the grayer the hair, the better it is...sort of a Gandalf look:lol

Purely aesthetically speaking, mind you...I support everyone's right to wear their hair the way they want, REGARDLESS of age. Hence Liam's mohawk, he picked it himself and he can keep it as long as he wants.

I'm just a fan of everyone wearing their hair in a way that suits their face shape and personality...and just because you like it long does not mean you can pull it off...kwim?

I don't like it at all on babies, toddlers, kids or older men. I'm just not a fan of long hair on boys. Jaxon's first haircut was at 6 months old and although I was totally not ready for it, I just could not stand how long his hair was. So, we got it cut and I'm SO Glad I did... it looked so much cuter and cleaner after it was cut.

My bro has that happen to him all the time. It's really weird.. :screwy

I don't get it either.

My daughter says that at school, girls practically stand in line to just to touch his hair.

And he's milking it for all its worth:giggle

I don't get it either.

My daughter says that at school, girls practically stand in line to just to touch his hair.

And he's milking it for all its worth:giggle

:lmao My brother is about to turn 20 and he is soooo in love with his hair because 'it gets him chicks.' :giggle

:lmao My brother is about to turn 20 and he is soooo in love with his hair because 'it gets him chicks.' :giggle


:lmao My brother is the EXACT same way and he wants to join ROTC this fall :rolleyes, he's not too thrilled about getting his hair cut.

I don't like it personally, but to each their own.

:lmao My brother is the EXACT same way and he wants to join ROTC this fall :rolleyes, he's not too thrilled about getting his hair cut.

If his hair is long enough, PLEASE encourage him to donate it to Locks of Love before the military cuts it. LOL really likes getting guys' hair samples because they tend to have fewer products, chemicals, etc in them.

lol wait.. i must add.. my BIL not only has long hair but he convinced me to color his hair once. and then he also went and got bangs at the hair salon.

i know, it was really weird. but i guess it worked for him lol.

My boys won't have long hair. I think its gross cause most of them don't take care of it so it's dirty and in their eyes and they are always cocking their heads to the side to get t out of their eyes. Then they wonder why they have pimples cause they have greasy hair on their faces!!
Its so gross, and for people like Kate Hudson who let her 2 yr olds hair get that long should be ashamed, he gets made fun of daily by millions of people for thinking he's a girl.

Sorry. JMO

Yeah she should be ashamed for following Jewish tradition and not cutting his hair until he is three and has a Upshernish. Shame on her that grown people that are ignorant to certain customs are making fun of her child. Shame on her for not caring what perfect strangers think of her sons hair. :screwy (sarcasm)

I really don't care about any of it, it is to each their own, but I am not attracted to men with long hair.

:agree

Yeah she should be ashamed for following Jewish tradition and not cutting his hair until he is three and has a Upshernish. Shame on her that grown people that are ignorant to certain customs are making fun of her child. Shame on her for not caring what perfect strangers think of her sons hair. :screwy (sarcasm)

Excuse me there was no need for that.
That's my opinion. You have yours, I have mine. I didn't go make fun of your response but I will if you'd like me to.:banghead

Here is my opinion. :lol

What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6) --eh..not so much
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12) --my 11 year old nephew has hair that is kind of layered and down to his ears (it's alright, but no longer).
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18) --my 15 year old nephew has it to his sholders and looks straight up like a girl. He had a pic of himself kissing his girlfriend and I couldn't tell who was who. :lol
and last but not least what about men with long hair? --hell no!! gross!!!

Excuse me there was no need for that.
That's my opinion. You have yours, I have mine. I didn't go make fun of your response but I will if you'd like me to.:banghead

I didn't make fun of you I sarcastically informed you that you were ignorant of a very beautiful and meaningful tradition. I found your ignorance of WHY she has his hair they way it is offensive. Perhaps next time you admonish and state people should be ashamed you do a little research and then you won't put your foot in your mouth.

What do you think about young boys with long hair? I am fine with it because I grew up with it in my family. My two cousins both had/have long hair. My cousin Thor just recently cut his to be short/close to the head when he left for college 4 years ago. Conn still has long hair.


What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12) Again fine with it. Was raised with cousins who had long hair.

What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18) Fine with it.

and last but not least what about men with long hair? Fine with it.

I was raised with long hair with my cousins and my uncle. My Mothers younger sister married a Native American and as part of their history they wear long hair so therefor my uncle has long hair and my cousins had/have long hair. My cousin Thor though just recently cut his about 4 years ago when he left for college but his father and younger brother both still have long hair.


ETA: I also personally like men with long hair. I find it sexy if a man can pull it off in the right way and not look like an idot or a girl. Infact DB is the only guy I have ever dated that didn't have the "dark appeal" with hair.

Its a tradition I guess, I say I guess because I am not sure, that african americans do not cut their childrens hair before a year old. So we are following that tradition.

My poor ds needs a hair cut, he is nine months and when his hair is wet it goes well past his shoulders.

Yeah she should be ashamed for following Jewish tradition and not cutting his hair until he is three and has a Upshernish. Shame on her that grown people that are ignorant to certain customs are making fun of her child. Shame on her for not caring what perfect strangers think of her sons hair. :screwy (sarcasm)

I don't think Ryder Hudson cares what some weirdos on blogs are saying about his hair.
She has said in multiple interviews that her son likes it long, cause it's like his daddy's hair. She will cut it when he wants it different.

I'm sorta surprised to see so many people find long hair objectionable.

IMO it's just hair, who cares. As long as they groom themselves when I have to be with them. Like Loretta, I think you should have whatever hair you can pull off. If I have a boy who looks cute with longer hair and he likes it, then he can grow it out.

when i was 16 i use to loooove guys with long hair but now that im older i like the clean cut it looks better. My dh had loong hair when he was younger ive seen pics he looked horrible LMAO im like one good thing the military did...make you get a hair cut!

Yeah she should be ashamed for following Jewish tradition and not cutting his hair until he is three and has a Upshernish. Shame on her that grown people that are ignorant to certain customs are making fun of her child. Shame on her for not caring what perfect strangers think of her sons hair. :screwy (sarcasm)

Actually here is something that you want to read

http://thebosh.com/archives/2006/07/kate_will_cut_her_sons_hair_at_age_three.php

She said eventhough she is part jewish and explains the tradition, she said "so i just firgured id wait until his third birthday"...Most of the articles on her and his hair state that she loves his long hair and cant bring herself to cut it.

I don't think Ryder Hudson cares what some weirdos on blogs are saying about his hair.
She has said in multiple interviews that her son likes it long, cause it's like his daddy's hair. She will cut it when he wants it different.

I'm sorta surprised to see so many people find long hair objectionable.

IMO it's just hair, who cares. As long as they groom themselves when I have to be with them. Like Loretta, I think you should have whatever hair you can pull off. If I have a boy who looks cute with longer hair and he likes it, then he can grow it out.

I agree, I just posted something where she said it matter of factly like ok well i can just do that.

She is thinking of cutting it now to be like lance armstrong

I kinda laugh. I don't think it's cute at all. But it is traditional to some religions. So I don't really judge.

Older people... it just looks odd to me. But hey, whatev.

I agree, I just posted something where she said it matter of factly like ok well i can just do that.

She is thinking of cutting it now to be like lance armstrong

I dunno if I believe that. I'm sure she loves her son loads and will let him have his hair however he likes.

Actually here is something that you want to read

http://thebosh.com/archives/2006/07/kate_will_cut_her_sons_hair_at_age_three.php

She said eventhough she is part jewish and explains the tradition, she said "so i just firgured id wait until his third birthday"...Most of the articles on her and his hair state that she loves his long hair and cant bring herself to cut it.

YES I know she opted not to cut the hair BUT when she first was questioned her reason was her Jewish roots and tradition. So I still believe that the other poster was ignorant in her should be ashamed speech.

eh not a big deal to me. I don't care about hair that much. hair is easily changeable.

I like the longer surfer look on boys....so cute.

I don't like the long messy hair......like a mullett or even long fabio (ish) hair.....I don't find that attractive.

I really don't like the shaved head look........but maybe it's because i'm innundated with it. I'm kind of over it.

YES I know she opted not to cut the hair BUT when she first was questioned her reason was her Jewish roots and tradition. So I still believe that the other poster was ignorant in her should be ashamed speech.

oh im not disagreeing with you on that aspect, we get that a lot with ds's hair, but there are other reasons she has his hair like that, if she would come out and straight up say it this is why its a tradition, but she seems to be finding things and reasons other than just letting him have his hair.

I think that poster would hate my ds's hair and tell me he looks like a girl

Just as ANOTHER FYI I didn't start this to see who hated it I just wanted to see how people felt about it.

YES I know she opted not to cut the hair BUT when she first was questioned her reason was her Jewish roots and tradition. So I still believe that the other poster was ignorant in her should be ashamed speech.

I had no idea that was the reason why she won't cut it. I'm not ignorant to traditions. That's fine if she won't cut it because of religious reason, doesn't change the fact I just don't like long hair on boys. I thought the only reason she kept it long was because her ex had it long and the son wanted to be like his dad. Sorry I don't read all the gossip on celebrities. I just think long hair a on a boy in general looks bad. There was still no reason to say anything about it. It's my opinion and I'm ALLOWED to have it. Leave me alone.

oh im not disagreeing with you on that aspect, we get that a lot with ds's hair, but there are other reasons she has his hair like that, if she would come out and straight up say it this is why its a tradition, but she seems to be finding things and reasons other than just letting him have his hair.

I think that poster would hate my ds's hair and tell me he looks like a girl


Why am I get bashed!!? Other people have also stated they don't like long hair on boys!
To each is own like others have said. That's fine if you grow long or your son's long. If that's how you like it. I don't and stated as such, and others did too. Why is my opinion being picked apart!?

I don't like long hair on males. Period.

Why am I get bashed!!? Other people have also stated they don't like long hair on boys!
To each is own like others have said. That's fine if you grow long or your son's long. If that's how you like it. I don't and stated as such, and others did too. Why is my opinion being picked apart!?

Because of how you phrased it.

Because of how you phrased it.

Ok,so I phrased it wrong. Back off.

I don't like long hair on boys.......of any age. Just my personal opinion.

My oldest son has always kept his hair longer since middle/high school but he mostly kept it pulled back. However now he has dreads and they are just nasty to me. He knows my take on it too. It just look like a tangled, dirty, messy disaster:scared

I really don't give a crap about a dude's hair.

It does make it hard to determine gender sometimes though.

I said what I said because its a "tradition" to not cut the childs hair until a year. My DS's has really long hair and I took what you said as offensive.

Why am I get bashed!!? Other people have also stated they don't like long hair on boys!
To each is own like others have said. That's fine if you grow long or your son's long. If that's how you like it. I don't and stated as such, and others did too. Why is my opinion being picked apart!?
Because you didn't just say you don't prefer it. You called it names. There's a difference.

I said what I said because its a "tradition" to not cut the childs hair until a year. My DS's has really long hair and I took what you said as offensive.
Pics?

Because you didn't just say you don't prefer it. You called it names. There's a difference.


Pics?

There are pics of him the photo album but you cant really tell cause he has a bit of a curl but when its wet its well past his shoulders.

I personally don't like it that long on boys, but if anyone else wants their boys to have their hair that length I don't care. I kind of like the midneck shag look on boys though. DS (11) had it for a couple years (which took me nearly the whole time to get used to it) and he just decided this summer that it was time for it to go. :( I kind of miss it.

The reason I ask is that my neighbor across the way has her friend here and both thier boys have WAIST length long hair
:edit the boys are like 3 and 4

Maybe they wanted girls...:shrug

DH would never allow long hair on DS... I cut their hair on the same night outside on the deck.. then it's swept up, and thrown out for the birds to make nests out of. :mrgreen

DH used to have long hair. he looked good, i llike long hair on guys.

What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6)
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12)
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18)
and last but not least what about men with long hair?

To each their own - personally I find that toddlers are CUTE with any hair - but can look very girly if not dressed super-boyish with long hair. My husband insists that our youngest has long hair - I can't stand it, though, because people often think he's a girl (it's blond, curly hair) ... so I've gone out of my way to put him in boy-only clothes and make him undeniably boy...a few too many "is it a boy?" when he's TWO years old for me! One of these days it's getting cut off at a barber's and my husband will just have to recover from the shock.

Well - same thing goes for all ages. Long hair is dominately feminine and even the rattiest of cuts can get you confused for the other! Regardless of how manish your features are. So it's up to you and how many "gender assumptions" you want to get swept into.
Likewise - when I was 13 I had boy-cut SHORT hair (ok - so a curly perm went horribly wrong and I didn't have much of a choice, I felt, anyway) ... and I struggled for years with being called a boy, etc...it sucked and I don't know why others would want to put their own kids through that (either way: boy/girl short/long)

So - why do guys WANT long hair? Why does my husband WANT our kids to have long hair? :shrug I don't know!

I think it looks stupid but does it matter? the kids definately don't care when they're little and it's up to them when they're older.

I could care less.

Why can't boys have long hair?
why can't girls be bald?

it is just some stupid rule society made up to further separate the sexes.

Where your hair however you want. I just care that you are HAPPY.

if it has to do with religion i dont see a problem with it..in some they grow their hair till a family member dies, then it gets cut out of respect or something..

but either way really, who am i to care...

oh, and i love men with long hair...and long as its taken care of!

It just dawned on me that some other cultures/languages build their entire world around gender-identification. (Like Spanish (language) for example - almost everything is male/female: el, la ...)
And are certain people against their entire language and expecting them to de-gender things? Of course not. So why is it such a big deal to want certain things to stay certain ways?

I'm all for gender equality for things that come to work, ethics, overall respect, success, etc.
But I still believe that there are *some* things that should STAY mainly feminine and some things should STAY mainly masculine.

I would never allow any of my boys to wear makeup and earrings.
Likewise - I would never allow my daughter to have a mohawk and wear a tie. (which I did, actually - and I even wore boxers for shorts and my Dad just rolled his eyes and let me do it. I regreted it, though, once I was constantly put down and called names for it.)

So, really, why do more and more people seem act like it's some kind of weirdo subjugation to want boys to look like boys and girls to look like girls?
Throughout history we've all eaten food, too, and boys stand up to pee. Just because it *been that way* for all time doesn't mean it's wrong.

Big difference between wanting equal respect/pay/success and wanting everyone to look the same or opposite.

Mistaken gender identity can really fuck a kid up - more so than purposeful gender slurring.
I didn't WANT to look like a boy when my perm got fucked up! I wanted curly hair! ... and what happened? I was 13 so I wore NO makeup - and at a band-meet (we all dressed the same, wore uniforms, you know how it goes) we had a temporary instructor who INSISTED that I WAS a boy - eventhough everyone said I was a girl. She thought we were playing a joke on her and that i was just a guy screwing with her.
I got in TROUBLE and written up for orchestrating this elaborate joke. I was humiliated! I had no one to turn to for help because she wasn't believing any of all 70 of us students!! I remember sneaking off to go cry while everyone practiced the routine.

The issue didn't get straightened out 'til the next day when the detention slip was turned into the principle and that teacher had her ass CHEWED right in front of me in this big dramatic breakdown in the office. Total humiliation!! (for all those involved)

Why would parents want their kids to have issues like that? MY parents WARNED me that something like that was going to happen. We couldn't fix my hair - so it had to go. They tried to get me to wear hair clips and jewelry but I figured that everyone at the school KNEW me .. and they did! Even kids who hated me stood up for me that day but ONE person didn't and ONE person was a total dick about it, too!

So - 'til this day I don't cut my hair or dare to perm it! I'd rather have LONG annoying tangled hair than anything else and my boys will have short, tidy proper high-n-tights 'til the day they move out of my house.

I could care less.

Why can't boys have long hair?
why can't girls be bald?

it is just some stupid rule society made up to further separate the sexes.

Where your hair however you want. I just care that you are HAPPY.

:yes

It just dawned on me that some other cultures/languages build their entire world around gender-identification. (Like Spanish (language) for example - almost everything is male/female: el, la ...)
And are certain people against their entire language and expecting them to de-gender things? Of course not. So why is it such a big deal to want certain things to stay certain ways?

I'm all for gender equality for things that come to work, ethics, overall respect, success, etc.
But I still believe that there are *some* things that should STAY mainly feminine and some things should STAY mainly masculine.

I would never allow any of my boys to wear makeup and earrings.
Likewise - I would never allow my daughter to have a mohawk and wear a tie. (which I did, actually - and I even wore boxers for shorts and my Dad just rolled his eyes and let me do it. I regreted it, though, once I was constantly put down and called names for it.)

So, really, why do more and more people seem act like it's some kind of weirdo subjugation to want boys to look like boys and girls to look like girls?
Throughout history we've all eaten food, too, and boys stand up to pee. Just because it *been that way* for all time doesn't mean it's wrong.

Big difference between wanting equal respect/pay/success and wanting everyone to look the same or opposite.

Mistaken gender identity can really fuck a kid up - more so than purposeful gender slurring.
I didn't WANT to look like a boy when my perm got fucked up! I wanted curly hair! ... and what happened? I was 13 so I wore NO makeup - and at a band-meet (we all dressed the same, wore uniforms, you know how it goes) we had a temporary instructor who INSISTED that I WAS a boy - eventhough everyone said I was a girl. She thought we were playing a joke on her and that i was just a guy screwing with her.
I got in TROUBLE and written up for orchestrating this elaborate joke. I was humiliated! I had no one to turn to for help because she wasn't believing any of all 70 of us students!! I remember sneaking off to go cry while everyone practiced the routine.

The issue didn't get straightened out 'til the next day when the detention slip was turned into the principle and that teacher had her ass CHEWED right in front of me in this big dramatic breakdown in the office. Total humiliation!! (for all those involved)

Why would parents want their kids to have issues like that? MY parents WARNED me that something like that was going to happen. We couldn't fix my hair - so it had to go. They tried to get me to wear hair clips and jewelry but I figured that everyone at the school KNEW me .. and they did! Even kids who hated me stood up for me that day but ONE person didn't and ONE person was a total dick about it, too!

So - 'til this day I don't cut my hair or dare to perm it! I'd rather have LONG annoying tangled hair than anything else and my boys will have short, tidy proper high-n-tights 'til the day they move out of my house.
I'm really sorry you had such an awful experience because of your short hair, but that doesn't change my own opinion.

Children who are raised to believe that 'boy' and 'girl' aren't really all that different won't care if someone confuses them for the other sex. and honestly, if everyone were raised to believe that such strict gender roles don't matter, then the situation you experienced never would have occurred.

I do believe that gender equality is MORE than just pay. I should be allowed to wear my hair short, BALD even, without people freaking out because 'omg look at that freaky rebel girl.' I should be able to climb trees and enjoy getting dirty without people making it a point to call me a 'tomboy' as if I am somehow LESS of a GIRL because I like to climb trees. I should be able never wear makeup without anyone thinking that is strange.

The ONLY difference, as far as I am concered, between girls and boys are the sex organs. The ONLY reason there are two sexes, are so that we can reproduce.

My being able to have babies shouldn't mean I SHOULD have long hair, just as my husbands being able to impregnate me shouldn't mean he SHOULD have SHORT hair.

I think it is utterly ridiculous to expect boys to act a certain way and girls to act a certain way when penis and vagina do NOT define your personality or your own personal taste in appearance.

I'm really sorry you had such an awful experience because of your short hair, but that doesn't change my own opinion.

Children who are raised to believe that 'boy' and 'girl' aren't really all that different won't care if someone confuses them for the other sex. roles don't matter, then the situation you experienced never would have occand honestly, if everyone were raised to believe that such strict gender urred.

I do believe that gender equality is MORE than just pay. I should be allowed to wear my hair short, BALD even, without people freaking out because 'omg look at that freaky rebel girl.' I should be able to climb trees and enjoy getting dirty without people making it a point to call me a 'tomboy' as if I am somehow LESS of a GIRL because I like to climb trees. I should be able never wear makeup without anyone thinking that is strange.

The ONLY difference, as far as I am concered, between girls and boys are the sex organs. The ONLY reason there are two sexes, are so that we can reproduce.

My being able to have babies shouldn't mean I SHOULD have long hair, just as my husbands being able to impregnate me shouldn't mean he SHOULD have SHORT hair.

I think it is utterly ridiculous to expect boys to act a certain way and girls to act a certain way when penis and vagina do NOT define your personality or your own personal taste in appearance.

Funny thing, though, I was raised to believe that things like that don't matter. .. And it didn't, to me and my family. None of us cared. Hence why I didn't think it would be an issue in school.

But the reality in life is that the majority of the world does care - and it will be an extremely long time, if ever at all, that things like that don't matter on such a large scale so people can be whatever they want without consequences.

WE just aren't there, yet, and we might never truly be there.

If a kid wants to challenge tradition and authority there are certain ways to do it that aren't so personally damaging. And, of course, for others that situation might not have been so humiliating - who knows. But for me it was.

In the same way that some people have NO problem with anything - and that's their right, that's their nature.
There are others that DO have problems iwth everything and that's, also, their right and hteir nature.
Some people have their own reasoning behind what's femme and what's not - some don't...all a matter of taste and personal preference and, of course, they raise their children according ot what they feel is important.

What do you think about young boys with long hair? (2-6)
What do you think of boys with long hair (7-12)
What do you think of Teenage boys with long hair (12-18)
and last but not least what about men with long hair?

To each their own - personally I find that toddlers are CUTE with any hair - but can look very girly if not dressed super-boyish with long hair. My husband insists that our youngest has long hair - I can't stand it, though, because people often think he's a girl (it's blond, curly hair) ... so I've gone out of my way to put him in boy-only clothes and make him undeniably boy...a few too many "is it a boy?" when he's TWO years old for me! One of these days it's getting cut off at a barber's and my husband will just have to recover from the shock.

Well - same thing goes for all ages. Long hair is dominately feminine and even the rattiest of cuts can get you confused for the other! Regardless of how manish your features are. So it's up to you and how many "gender assumptions" you want to get swept into.
Likewise - when I was 13 I had boy-cut SHORT hair (ok - so a curly perm went horribly wrong and I didn't have much of a choice, I felt, anyway) ... and I struggled for years with being called a boy, etc...it sucked and I don't know why others would want to put their own kids through that (either way: boy/girl short/long)

So - why do guys WANT long hair? Why does my husband WANT our kids to have long hair? :shrug I don't know!

I think it looks stupid but does it matter? the kids definately don't care when they're little and it's up to them when they're older.
This apparent lack of communication with your husband and an unwillingness to bend (that I see here and have seen other places) makes sense of a LOT of your posts.

It just dawned on me that some other cultures/languages build their entire world around gender-identification. (Like Spanish (language) for example - almost everything is male/female: el, la ...)
And are certain people against their entire language and expecting them to de-gender things? Of course not. So why is it such a big deal to want certain things to stay certain ways?

I'm all for gender equality for things that come to work, ethics, overall respect, success, etc.
But I still believe that there are *some* things that should STAY mainly feminine and some things should STAY mainly masculine.

I would never allow any of my boys to wear makeup and earrings.
Likewise - I would never allow my daughter to have a mohawk and wear a tie. (which I did, actually - and I even wore boxers for shorts and my Dad just rolled his eyes and let me do it. I regreted it, though, once I was constantly put down and called names for it.)

So, really, why do more and more people seem act like it's some kind of weirdo subjugation to want boys to look like boys and girls to look like girls?
Throughout history we've all eaten food, too, and boys stand up to pee. Just because it *been that way* for all time doesn't mean it's wrong.

Big difference between wanting equal respect/pay/success and wanting everyone to look the same or opposite.

Mistaken gender identity can really fuck a kid up - more so than purposeful gender slurring.
I didn't WANT to look like a boy when my perm got fucked up! I wanted curly hair! ... and what happened? I was 13 so I wore NO makeup - and at a band-meet (we all dressed the same, wore uniforms, you know how it goes) we had a temporary instructor who INSISTED that I WAS a boy - eventhough everyone said I was a girl. She thought we were playing a joke on her and that i was just a guy screwing with her.
I got in TROUBLE and written up for orchestrating this elaborate joke. I was humiliated! I had no one to turn to for help because she wasn't believing any of all 70 of us students!! I remember sneaking off to go cry while everyone practiced the routine.

The issue didn't get straightened out 'til the next day when the detention slip was turned into the principle and that teacher had her ass CHEWED right in front of me in this big dramatic breakdown in the office. Total humiliation!! (for all those involved)

Why would parents want their kids to have issues like that? MY parents WARNED me that something like that was going to happen. We couldn't fix my hair - so it had to go. They tried to get me to wear hair clips and jewelry but I figured that everyone at the school KNEW me .. and they did! Even kids who hated me stood up for me that day but ONE person didn't and ONE person was a total dick about it, too!

So - 'til this day I don't cut my hair or dare to perm it! I'd rather have LONG annoying tangled hair than anything else and my boys will have short, tidy proper high-n-tights 'til the day they move out of my house.
Your life is your life. Your kids' lives are your kids'. Quit pushing your trauma on them or they WILL be as messed up as yourself.

Funny thing, though, I was raised to believe that things like that don't matter. .. And it didn't, to me and my family. None of us cared. Hence why I didn't think it would be an issue in school.

But the reality in life is that the majority of the world does care - and it will be an extremely long time, if ever at all, that things like that don't matter on such a large scale so people can be whatever they want without consequences.

WE just aren't there, yet, and we might never truly be there.

If a kid wants to challenge tradition and authority there are certain ways to do it that aren't so personally damaging. And, of course, for others that situation might not have been so humiliating - who knows. But for me it was.

In the same way that some people have NO problem with anything - and that's their right, that's their nature.
There are others that DO have problems iwth everything and that's, also, their right and hteir nature.
Some people have their own reasoning behind what's femme and what's not - some don't...all a matter of taste and personal preference and, of course, they raise their children according ot what they feel is important.
It was personally damaging...FOR YOU. Separate yourself from your kids a little bit.




It's JUST hair. That's it.

Aunt Sponge In Spain (and various other places in Europe and Asia) men can and do wear their hair long. In biblical times and long AFTER that all the way up to the 1800's men wore long hair. It is a relatively new trend (history time line wise) for men to wear their hair short. In fact in centuries prior it was ONLY military men that wore shorter hair. (like the roman military) and that was so they stuck out and it is harder to grab someone by their hair in battle if it is short.

SO you were made fun of by ONE jerk the rest of the school stood up for you and what did you take away from it? Not to be true to yourself but to conform to what a small minority of people pushes at you? That is not very logical at all.

I want my kids to be who they are, to be true to themselves and to hell with what any small minded assfarts feel. They don't matter my children feeling confidant in who they are DOES.

I could care less.

Why can't boys have long hair?
why can't girls be bald?

it is just some stupid rule society made up to further separate the sexes.

Where your hair however you want. I just care that you are HAPPY.

I am actually quite disturbed by what I perceive as a general notion of the horror of boys being mistaken for girls. Why is/would that be traumatic? And why is the message being sent to these young boys that looking like a girl is bad? What message is being sent to the girls, that if boys "act like" them, it's bad? What is so inherently bad, or 'less,' about being a girl?

It's the same mindset behind using "Stop acting like a girl" as an admonishment, as if "acting like a girl" is somehow less worthy than acting like a boy.

What is "acting like a girl," and why is it so bad? What is "acting like a boy?" children act like children.... it is ADULTS who put these notions of good-ness or bad-ness, girl-ness or boy-ness into them.

Exactly right eelo. The phrase should be "Quit acting like a whiny bitch". Not all females are whiny and annoying.

I am actually quite disturbed by what I perceive as a general notion of the horror of boys being mistaken for girls. Why is/would that be traumatic? And why is the message being sent to these young boys that looking like a girl is bad? What message is being sent to the girls, that if boys "act like" them, it's bad? What is so inherently bad, or 'less,' about being a girl?

It's the same mindset behind using "Stop acting like a girl" as an admonishment, as if "acting like a girl" is somehow less worthy than acting like a boy.

What is "acting like a girl," and why is it so bad? What is "acting like a boy?" children act like children.... it is ADULTS who put these notions of good-ness or bad-ness, girl-ness or boy-ness into them.
exactly.

Exactly right eelo. The phrase should be "Quit acting like a whiny bitch". Not all females are whiny and annoying.

:giggle
some would still argue that bitch implies female so that statement would be no better

:giggle
some would still argue that bitch implies female so that statement would be no better

Oh I'm the one to say man-bitch if I'm talking to a dude. :wink I'm feisty like that.

I'm good with all. I come from a culture that mostly touts having long hair means you are definitely ethnic. (I'm an American Indian) I wouldn't mind my son having long hair, but DH doesn't like it, and DS's hair is like mine, thick, and his hair starts to smell after a day even while short. (He does sweat).

I'm personally not a fan of long hair on boys. I'm also of the notion though that a lot has been lost in our culture with the fading of gender identities.

Sometimes in our society, I think there is so much a push for equality that there is backlash the opposite direction. Sometimes as a woman it feels as if you will not command as much respect in a boardroom if you were to walk in wearing a pretty skirt and heels, with your hair and makeup done nicely. Why is that? Do you have to act like a man in order to be "equal?" I personally think it can be empowering for a woman to truly embrace femininity. The opposite goes for men. I think traditional masculinity is a powerful thing. I love the two genders and how they balance each other. I think there is a beauty to it.

I'm not saying you have to go totally one way or the other, just that sometimes I think gender identity can be lost and society loses out on the amazing way that male and female balance each other.

I would never force a child to be something that they absolutely are not, but I think traditional gender identity is something that will be included in our home life.

The above is just my take on it, and though I hold to rather traditional beliefs, I will also relentlessly teach my children to love everyone. If someone else raises their children differently, it has no bearing on how we treat them.

midback is kind of extreme, but imo, hair is hair. It can get cut, it can grow, you can change it funny colors or shave it all off. In the end, its just hair.

LOL - I don't think there's anything detrimentally wrong with long hair *shrug* In my ramblings I don't think I made that point. All I'm saying is that kids with long hair WILL get made fun of - the kid/guy has to accept that sometimes it might stir up issues, is all...and some kids can handle the making-fun of aspect that just goes along with it at school and some kids can't. The SAME thing goes for girls with short hair - they will be made fun of. By a few or a lot, who knows...but at some point in time it will be cool and at some point in time it will not be cool with the other kids in school.
My two older boys are autistic - they would NOT be able to handle the attention and drama that it might cause (right now, at least) if they wanted to grow their hair long.
However - concerning this one kid in question from the OP - if he can HANDLE it then I say why not! He's obviously not being swayed by people's open opinions, he's headstrong and can take an insult without it tearing him apart. If HE wants it even after all it's brought around then that just speaks for his character.

I decided that, to me, it's *just* hair (concerning the kids) and it doesn't matter that much so I'm not terribly worried over it - I'm not going to clash with my husband over it. If the kids really wanted long hair and begged me endlessly for it I'd probably give in, save money on those monthly haircuts, and let them find out whether they really *want* to have long hair and all that goes with it.
I had a horrible childhood - I had glasses, messed up teeth and a few other health problems. I was always picked on and so I do admit I'm a hover-mother.

I let the older boys have shaggy mohawks, though - there, that's my comprimise wiht my hippie husband.
Yeah - I married a hippie.
:roflmao

Oh - sorry about my previous posts, I think I was in a bad mood.

For little kids, I don't think so becasue I Wouldn't want my son to be mistaken for a girl.

But after junior high or so, into adulthood, I think as long as its kept trimmed and "stylish" its fine. I don't like the men you see that just have it growing and growing where it looks all greasy and nasty. My husband had usually chin / shoulder length hair from the time I met him until he went off to BMT and its the only thing I was wary about when he joined--I loooved his hair.

But then again, I'm weird and don't like masculine, muscled up guys either.

Well AGAIN this was just posted to see what people's opinions are. I wish people would quit lumping me in with the people who are saying it's ridiculous.

LOL - I don't think there's anything detrimentally wrong with long hair *shrug* In my ramblings I don't think I made that point. All I'm saying is that kids with long hair WILL get made fun of - the kid/guy has to accept that sometimes it might stir up issues, is all...and some kids can handle the making-fun of aspect that just goes along with it at school and some kids can't. The SAME thing goes for girls with short hair - they will be made fun of. By a few or a lot, who knows...but at some point in time it will be cool and at some point in time it will not be cool with the other kids in school.
My two older boys are autistic - they would NOT be able to handle the attention and drama that it might cause (right now, at least) if they wanted to grow their hair long.
However - concerning this one kid in question from the OP - if he can HANDLE it then I say why not! He's obviously not being swayed by people's open opinions, he's headstrong and can take an insult without it tearing him apart. If HE wants it even after all it's brought around then that just speaks for his character.

I decided that, to me, it's *just* hair (concerning the kids) and it doesn't matter that much so I'm not terribly worried over it - I'm not going to clash with my husband over it. If the kids really wanted long hair and begged me endlessly for it I'd probably give in, save money on those monthly haircuts, and let them find out whether they really *want* to have long hair and all that goes with it.
I had a horrible childhood - I had glasses, messed up teeth and a few other health problems. I was always picked on and so I do admit I'm a hover-mother.

I let the older boys have shaggy mohawks, though - there, that's my comprimise wiht my hippie husband.
Yeah - I married a hippie.
:roflmao

Oh - sorry about my previous posts, I think I was in a bad mood.
This ENTIRE post proves the bolded statement. I'm sorry it's not just hair for you.

Well AGAIN this was just posted to see what people's opinions are. I wish people would quit lumping me in with the people who are saying it's ridiculous.
Berk is the most open-minded person ever and those that don't concur can suck my big toe.

This ENTIRE post proves the bolded statement. I'm sorry it's not just hair for you.


Berk is the most open-minded person ever and those that don't concur can suck my big toe.

:rofl I just got a picture of you, in a big huge chair with your foot out and shoe off, ordering people on the floor to suck your toe! :rofl
:hugs

To each their own. I know my male kids will not have long hair. As far as a men I was NEVER attracted to males with long hair, to me long hair is anything that could cover your ears.

i personally don't like it and think it looks sloppy but won't ever say someone else can't let their kids have it.

:rofl I just got a picture of you, in a big huge chair with your foot out and shoe off, ordering people on the floor to suck your toe! :rofl
:hugs

:hystericlaugh :hugs

I've always liked it. It's gone in and out of fashion for the last 600 years. It just depends on the times.

Well, grab your smelling salts...

Long hair, and eyeliner for "emo" day at school.

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No matter what age it doesn't really matter to me. Out of all of the things to think about and focus on, it honestly isn't something I take a lot of notice to. :shrug

I keep my boys' hair short.

Just so you know and anyone else who wonders. I didn't say I was judging or anything else. I'm just saying I'm not sure how I feel on the look of it. That is my right. I never said if I liked the boys or anything of that sort. I just wanted to see how most people felt on it.

Awww, I wasn't talking about anyone with my statements. I was just speaking generally. I have an opinion on this cuz I have boys in my family with long hair. :yes

Awww, I wasn't talking about anyone with my statements. I was just speaking generally. I have an opinion on this cuz I have boys in my family with long hair. :yes

Oh I know. I just felt like some of the responses seemed to think I was implying how I felt about long hair which isn't something I've stated yet..LOL

This ENTIRE post proves the bolded statement. I'm sorry it's not just hair for you.

I'm not perfect but I really try not to let things get blown out of proportion.
I don't LIKE the fact that it might cause issues - but if my kids really want long hair I'm not going to fight them on it. Besides, it would save me a ton of money!
LIkewise - I'm not fighting my husband.
I have to tell myself "it's just hair...it doesn't matter" when I'm compelled to give a shit, sometimes, and argue.
True - for me it *is* a hell of a lot more than hair. It's the ONLY thing that makes me "feminine" - I'm muscular, pudgy and more like "PAT" in all other aspects - so my long hair is the only thing that makes people realize I'm a woman...So, yes, for me it isn't cut and dry - thus, like I said, I have to remind myself that for everyone else it is *just* hair.


I can comprimise quite well - have to - seeing as how a lot of my ideals and beliefs just don't fit into society and the norm these days, and clash with my husband.

It's one thing to FEEL like there's an ABC and it's another thing to insist that everyone else FEEL that way. :lol

My boys(if I have any) will not have long hair... I know DH would not allow it... Now shaggy hair of course... but like others have stated to each his own