2 year old with mohawk, toddler girl with pink hair
By mememama
@mememama (3076)
United States
April 11, 2007 7:19pm CST
Would you style or have your sons hair cut into a mohawk? Would you die your young daughters hair pink? I've seen a lot of boys (when I was living up north) with mohawks, some just learning to walk. I've also seen toddlers and older girls with brightly dyed hair. What do you think about non traditional hairstyles for children? At what age would you allow it? When they are old enough to ask for that style or if you simply like it?
Although I'm pretty liberal in other areas, I wouldn't do it. Maybe because I'm from a military family and I'm not even used to seeing guys with long hair lol.
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4 responses
@astromama (1221)
• United States
12 Apr 07
I think mohawks on little boys are cute, personally, and to the above poster who said that giving them weird haircuts is like living your life through your child, I would like to ask how is giving the kid a crew cut any different? they didn't ask to be conservative any more than they ask to be liberal, in my opinion. Just because one way is traditional doesn't make another way any less viable an option. I would like to grow my little boys hair long while he's a toddler, then let him decide. I love little boys with longish hair and my husband is in agreement. And if he ever wanted a mohawk or anything else, I see no reason not to let him express himself in whatever way he sees fit. It's his body, his hair, his style. I don't know about dying it weird colors though.. I think they might be too toxic to expose small children to them in good conscience.
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@mememama (3076)
• United States
12 Apr 07
my son had long hair for awhile, I can tell you that it's real easy to get messy and matted if they play in dirt. He'd even wipe his messy hands in it at dinner time lol. I don't know what I'm going to do if I have a messy girl! But that's kind of stereotypical, girls with long hair. He has a crew cut now, but again that's probably that military influence, never reversed it, thats us imposing our style on him. He still gets messy, but I don't have to comb through knots on it 5 times a day. His hair naturally sticks straight out too, like a little fro. I wish I could manage that!
@astromama (1221)
• United States
12 Apr 07
Long hair is definitely more work... I don't think I'll mind it too much... I have long wavy hair and my husband likes to brush it before bed sometimes, so maybe he'll do the same with our son? If he got into the habit of sticking sticky stuff in it all the time I think I would cut it, but I would never give myself a 'blah' haircut, so I probably won't do that to him, either. There are plenty of cute styles that aren't over-the-top and look easy to manage... I know, though, that it's ME that wants him to look cute.. he probably won't care about that for a long, long time!
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@usmcsgtwife (4997)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I a with you I could never do it to my children I guess some people think it is cute, I think it just looks stupid. my 11 year old stepson has a mohawk and my husband and I hate it... I think by the time they reach high school they are old enough to make a decison on there own hair even thou I will always give my opnion
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@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I don't really see any problems with it. My son's hair isn't cut into a mohawk or anything. It's a pretty standard little boys' cut. But it still seems long to me sometimes, because we live on a military base, and it seems like most kids either have a haircut just like Daddy's or Mommy doesn't want to ever cut it, so it's down to the shoulders.
My sister loves to spike my son's hair, though. All of it, not just the top. He looks funny like that, though. Because his hair doesn't grow far enough forward yet to pull it off. I let her do it, though. She doesn't get to see him very often, so when she does, she gets to spoil him and pretty much do what she wants. He likes to look in the mirror at his spikey haired self and laugh.
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@superchook (1786)
• Australia
12 Apr 07
I would personally not do my kids hair like that at such a young age. Wait until they are older and decide for themselves to look like that. I couldn't imagine my 2 year old having a mohawk. I think I will wait until my kids say that is what they want to do and deal with it then.
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