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So, then, in my last post I discussed how Young Son #2 had very long hair and that some people seem to have a problem with that, and how he is allowed to decide when he will get it cut and how we, as his parents, are okay with that.
Guess what? He wanted it cut last night. And not a buzz, either. He had me cut it in stages. First, I did a cut that was fairly long. He wasn’t sure how he liked it, but he hung out for a while and let it dry while I cut Eldest Son’s hair.
Eldest Son hasn’t been much for long hair in the past, but this year he decided to let it grow out. His hair is straight and doesn’t grow as fast as Young Son’s, so even though he’d been growing it a year, it was only about shoulder-length. Eldest Son wanted a cut before his graduation ceremony, so I obliged.
When I finished with him, Young Son came back. He hated the way his curly hair was poofing out in odd ways. I cut more of the length off. Still not working for him. More hair went, but this time I did some layering, which took off some of the poofiness. That did the trick. Young Son likes his new haircut, and I must say that it certainly is adorable. (But don’t tell him I said so. He’s a teen boy. It’s not cool to look adorable.)
I took a picture of Young Son before I started snipping away, but he gave me such a look of death when I did it that I’m pretty sure he would be less than keen to have me post it online. I’ll have to sneak a picture of him with short hair, just so I have a point of comparison and can remember how I cut it when called upon to do so in the future.
I am curious about at what age you started letting your children especially your sons decide when to get hair cut?
Dee – I don’t think it was ever really a conscious decision on our part. It just seemed to happen. Young Son had this absolutely gorgeous long blond hair that grew in ringlets by the time he was two. He’s the kind of person who has always had his own mind about things, even at that age, so he likely communicated to us that he liked it long. We liked it long, too, so that was that. When he wanted it cut, he’d ask me to buzz it. Then it would grow out again, but super fast so that it was long before we knew it.
Eldest Son has preferred to have his short most of the time and he, too, would ask me for a haircut when he felt he needed it. What’s strange about this is that he hates having his hair cut. He would get all goose-y about it and not sit still. Young Son is the model of patience during his haircuts.
Daughter typically likes her hair long, so she rarely gets it cut. (Although she found a split end the other day and said, “Mom, trim my hair. Now!” Only she said it in a way that was less bossy than that sounds.
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I think for the oldest two, we probably made the haircut decisions until they were maybe four or five, then they decided. As often happens with the youngest child in a family, we were less controlling (!) with him than with the other two, so we never really pushed the issue. Of course, this was all long ago, and the details are fuzzy now, so I can’t guarantee that there weren’t a couple of haircut battles along the way.
Cool. Thanks for responding. I find it interesting how some people get so uptight about hair. As long as it is neat and clean is my philosphy.