When I was in first grade, I had a mohawk.

 

I would pay quite a bit of my hard earned money to see a picture of that! :lol:

I would pay quite a bit of my hard earned money to see a picture of that! :lol:

 

Same here. :lol:

On a serious note, schools should clearly define their expectations. I know the schools my kids went to did.

 

I was pretty lucky...my son has had the same haircut since I can remember. I can't remember when there was a hair on his head longer than a quarter inch. :lol:

 

He did dye the top of his hair blond his 7th grade year. But, that only lasted until the next hair cut.

 

Henry, don't blame it on her being a single mom. Single moms have to have to sometimes compromise in ways you may not approve. But I've seen a lot of kids with two parent families that make me glad I did the parenting job I did. My kids aren't perfect, and believe me, there have been some trials. But all in all, they're good kids. And I've seen many a kid from a two parent family who was the benefactor of getting his own way.

If this had been the first time the school said anything I may be a bit sympathetic BUT it was the third time the mother was told the haircut was unacceptable. It was also a charter school which has different standard then a regular private school.

On a serious note, schools should clearly define their expectations. I know the schools my kids went to did.

 

I was pretty lucky...my son has had the same haircut since I can remember. I can't remember when there was a hair on his head longer than a quarter inch. :lol:

 

He did dye the top of his hair blond his 7th grade year. But, that only lasted until the next hair cut.

 

Henry, don't blame it on her being a single mom. Single moms have to have to sometimes compromise in ways you may not approve. But I've seen a lot of kids with two parent families that make me glad I did the parenting job I did. My kids aren't perfect, and believe me, there have been some trials. But all in all, they're good kids. And I've seen many a kid from a two parent family who was the benefactor of getting his own way.

 

 

:thumb: Agree wholeheartly with your 1st statement. You are absolutely correct and those that don't are just leaving themselves open for criticism. Some schools and adminstrators just never learn though.:ylsuper:

I'm so sorry you're a victim of bad parenting.

 

I would pay quite a bit of my hard earned money to see a picture of that! :lol:

 

Same here. :lol:

1) I'm sure you guys are imagining a Mr. T Fro, but it was spiked.

 

2) How much money? I'll see if I can get a picture from my mother. :lol:

 

3) Speaking of my mother, she always laughs at stories like these in the news, and mentions how my brother and I had mohawks. She thinks caring about a child's hairstyle (no matter how stupid) is as silly as it gets. I agree with her.

 

4) If my kid wanted a mohawk, I can't imagine I would care. I don't particularly care for dreads (they're dirty) or hair colored outside the normal human range; but if my kids wanted to look like a mashup of Bob Marley and Barney the Dinosaur, I wouldn't stop them- I wouldn't help them, and I might laugh at them, but I wouldn't stop them.

 

5) I'm an Eagle Scout, was National Merit, played football, went to church camp and sang in the choir. I'm about to graduate from college and I just received my principal auctioneer's license... just shocking to think that my hair style in the first grade nearly ruined all of that. :sssh: I guess what I'm trying to say here is that it doesn't matter at all what a child's hairstyle is. At all.

White trash? 6 year olds don't know what they like? Come on, you all are better than that. Go to any pee wee football game the past two years and you'll notice nearly half the kids have mohawks. Are they white trash? No. Are the parents forcing this on their kid? No. My 2 year old knows what she likes and dislikes, so I'm sure a 6 year old knows what they like. My nephew had one last year, because he wanted one, not because my sister made him.

 

As for this situation, yeah, the mom pushed the matter after being warned twice. However, is a clean cut mohawk really that big of a distraction? :confused:

White trash? 6 year olds don't know what they like? Come on, you all are better than that. Go to any pee wee football game the past two years and you'll notice nearly half the kids have mohawks. Are they white trash? No. Are the parents forcing this on their kid? No. My 2 year old knows what she likes and dislikes, so I'm sure a 6 year old knows what they like. My nephew had one last year, because he wanted one, not because my sister made him.

 

As for this situation, yeah, the mom pushed the matter after being warned twice. However, is a clean cut mohawk really that big of a distraction? :confused:

 

The "white trash" comment, while harsh, was not aimed at the kid who is completely innocent in this. Its aimed at the mom. I guarantee you the picture I have of this lady in my head is darn close to reality.

 

Lastly, the matter of it being a "big deal" is irrelevant to this discussion.

What's next bright pink shirts a distraction, or boys wearing diamond ear rings. I agree with all this is a joke. As for the kid, he is getting a lot of publicity and his friends probably even think he's cooler now!

The mohawk is not this issue . . . the mother pushing the rules is. She was warned three times . . . she is looking for a reason for a law suit. It isn't the kids fault.

The mohawk is not this issue . . . the mother pushing the rules is. She was warned three times . . . she is looking for a reason for a law suit. It isn't the kids fault.

 

Exactly.:thumb:

I see nothing intrinsically wrong with having the haircut . Everyone has seen pictures of the mohawks worn by the 101st Division before they jumped into Normandy . Those haircuts were part of the esprite de corps displayed by that unit . That said , school rules are school rules and they are there for a purpose . Now if later on in life the kid is on a sports team and the team wants to bond with this type of cut , is that acceptable ? Such has the shaved heads that the CovCath basketball team now sports . Are they acceptable ? One last thing it is definately better than a mullet on kids of this age . Now that is white trash .:flame:

On a serious note, schools should clearly define their expectations. I know the schools my kids went to did.

 

I was pretty lucky...my son has had the same haircut since I can remember. I can't remember when there was a hair on his head longer than a quarter inch. :lol:

 

He did dye the top of his hair blond his 7th grade year. But, that only lasted until the next hair cut.

 

Henry, don't blame it on her being a single mom. Single moms have to have to sometimes compromise in ways you may not approve. But I've seen a lot of kids with two parent families that make me glad I did the parenting job I did. My kids aren't perfect, and believe me, there have been some trials. But all in all, they're good kids. And I've seen many a kid from a two parent family who was the benefactor of getting his own way.

 

Your right. Nowhere did it say she was a single mom. I assumed so and you know what happens when you assume.

 

White trash? 6 year olds don't know what they like? Come on, you all are better than that. Go to any pee wee football game the past two years and you'll notice nearly half the kids have mohawks. Are they white trash? No. Are the parents forcing this on their kid? No. My 2 year old knows what she likes and dislikes, so I'm sure a 6 year old knows what they like. My nephew had one last year, because he wanted one, not because my sister made him.

 

As for this situation, yeah, the mom pushed the matter after being warned twice. However, is a clean cut mohawk really that big of a distraction? :confused:

 

It wasn't clean cut. It is long in the middle and at first he was coming to school with it spiked. The school then told him to flatten it. From the news clip, when it is spiked it looks like it stands up 2 inches or more.

Seriously?

 

Okay, first off, I'm not a big fan of mohawks. Secondly, mohawks are distracting... for about an hour, then I would think people - yes, even those straight-laced 6 year olds - would be over it. Third, I bet the mother pushed the rules because it's a ridiculous one. I'm not saying I'm a big fan of those types of people either... except I kind of am, because I don't care to see Hitlers vision come true.

Seriously?

 

Okay, first off, I'm not a big fan of mohawks. Secondly, mohawks are distracting... for about an hour, then I would think people - yes, even those straight-laced 6 year olds - would be over it. Third, I bet the mother pushed the rules because it's a ridiculous one. I'm not saying I'm a big fan of those types of people either... except I kind of am, because I don't care to see Hitlers vision come true.

 

 

It may be a rediculous one but it is still the rule. Before you enroll your child in school, you get a handbook of the rules. If you don't like the rules, place your child in a school where you agree with the rules and then abide by them.