Would you let your son have long hair?

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by Avatard

Again, I'd say "fuck these clowns, let's go find someone who should be teaching kids", and avoid the fucking morons. In life, I side-step fucking morons all the time, and I think it would even be a great teaching opportunity.

How’s that worked for you so far?

Not to be a prick, but you've not had the most rosie path ever taken man.

I totally agree that stupid, close-minded, ignorant people should be avoided at all cost...but you CAN'T. Avoidance is not a solution...it's delaying the inevitable. You have to DEAL with the issues and work WITH the ignorant. The opportunity to avoid them won't always BE there.

[CrazyKell]

Originally Posted by Trip

To prepare him for life.

You're missing my point and I haven't really had the questions answered either by the news story I read or anyone in this thread. Is he being asked to conform to something that others are not? Are girls allowed to wear their hair down or do the girls have to tie thier's back?

[sherri_chickie]

I think people need to pick their battles. Hair length is not something to get worked up over, either parents or administrators. I had to wear pantyhose teaching in Aldine.. did it make me a better teacher? NO! Stupid arbitrary rules. Rules against cutting certain words in hair do make sense if they can be gang related. There are a lot of worse things to fight over when it comes to education.. Bullying, actually being taught, is my kid slipping through the cracks because the classes are overcrowded, what is my kid being taught, etc. Save the fights for the important matters.

Little kids can be damaged by events and teasing early in life, without a doubt, and they do remember it if traumatic enough. Kids can be very cruel, they catch onto differences, or insecurities and pick at them for all they are worth... I don't think you should set your kid up for that.. kinda like naming a boy " SUE" ..

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

How’s that worked for you so far?

Not to be a prick, but you've not had the most rosie path ever taken man.

I totally agree that stupid, close-minded, ignorant people should be avoided at all cost...but you CAN'T. Avoidance is not a solution...it's delaying the inevitable. You have to DEAL with the issues and work WITH the ignorant. The opportunity to avoid them won't always BE there.

Hey, my kid learned to side-step fucktards. She bailed on HS a year early, tested, got her degree, and flipped off the assclowns. Bravo, kiddo.

Stupid people are easy to side-step, because they're usually slow-moving.

Life has a way of working itself out.

[Avatard]

Originally Posted by CasterTroy

You have to DEAL with the issues and work WITH the ignorant. The opportunity to avoid them won't always BE there.

That often requires educating the ignorant...and frankly, that's a lot of heavy lifting.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

You're missing my point and I haven't really had the questions answered either by the news story I read or anyone in this thread. Is he being asked to conform to something that others are not? Are girls allowed to wear their hair down or do the girls have to tie thier's back?

Mine was a joke, that is all.

I guess girls are allowed to have long hair. I don't know. Go to Texas and find out. I guess if another boy was to have long hair, they would do this to him as well. They had a list of hair rules they showed in the video. See if you can find it.

[CrazyKell]

Fair enough. Looking for the video right now.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by Trip

You need to conform to some extent. Making your child an outsider or letting your very young child make choices that will make them an outsider with their peers isn't always in the best interest. Kids need to learn to be social and fitting in is part of that.

Well again, in this case I don't think the child has anything to do with it. This is his parent's vs. the school district. He might like his long hair, but that would largely be because of his parents encouragement.

I understand fitting in with society...but not wearing long hair isn't part of that to me and as a parent I feel it is my right to do whatever I want to my kid's hair.

Originally Posted by Rider

If they aren't going to fit in, then they aren't going to fit in because they LOOK normal. Personality plays a larger part than looks. If a kids looks different but has ability to not let teasing bug him then kids will stop teasing. If you let them see it bugs you, they will never stop.

Agree that personality has more to do with fitting in than looks alone. Yes, kids will make fun of those that are funny looking...but socially awkward kids have it much worse by comparison. In this case the school officials are doing much more harm to the child than any of his classmates...who likely think nothing of his hair.

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

Fair enough. Looking for the video right now.

Yea, I'm lookin for a video too, in my inbox. Make it happen.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by CrazyKell

You're missing my point and I haven't really had the questions answered either by the news story I read or anyone in this thread. Is he being asked to conform to something that others are not? Are girls allowed to wear their hair down or do the girls have to tie thier's back?

There is nothing said about the girls vs the boys. I'd imagine there isn't anything saying long hair on girls isn't allowed.

Did you suddenly go femininazi? OK - so you're going to read that and freak out, please don't. I just don't recall you ever getting on that pedistal. And, fair has nothing to do with this. "Fair" is a hippy thing - our society has different rules from time to time for different genders. They do NOT always make sense... and I do not always agree with them.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Did you suddenly go femininazi? OK - so you're going to read that and freak out, please don't. I just don't recall you ever getting on that pedistal. And, fair has nothing to do with this. "Fair" is a hippy thing - our society has different rules from time to time for different genders. They do NOT always make sense... and I do not always agree with them.

I've been keeping her under a lot of pressure. Giggidy.