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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 333104" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I don't know this story. But form what I gather, I have some questions.</p><p></p><p>First, does the school have the same rule for girls about hair being kept tied back? If not, then they are discriminating against the boy.</p><p></p><p>Second, the parents seem to me to be NOW trying to make a big thing out of this. Braiding the hair is perhaps a safe option all round - it keeps the boys' hair neat and tidy as well as much safer from catching nits, from getting snagged in play equipment and from getting knots and tangles in it. And frankly, if both parents are working long hours, then it's a lot easier to braid the hair than to have to sit combing out tangles!</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine has three boys, lovely kids. None of the family cuts their hair. It's not a religious thing, they're just hippies. We spend a lot of time with them. In fact, those boys are really great kids. But their hair has never been cut. Never. It's long, curly, blonde (white-blonde) and the eldest boy especially looks like a girl, in his delicate facial features. But there's nothing effeminate about them, nor do they seem at all phased by it. No bullying at school either. Or nothing that seems to bother them. The boys were home-schooled for a few years, have just gone back to school for the last few months.</p><p></p><p>At the local school the boys generally have their hair tied back - ponytail, or braid. It's better for the hair.</p><p></p><p>No big deal for anyone.</p><p></p><p>Although it's a problem for difficult child 3 - he always has trouble with his personal pronouns, keeps calling the boys "her". I keep explaining - they're boys. He knows it intellectually, but the delicate features and beautiful long blonde curls make him forget they're boys.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 333104, member: 1991"] I don't know this story. But form what I gather, I have some questions. First, does the school have the same rule for girls about hair being kept tied back? If not, then they are discriminating against the boy. Second, the parents seem to me to be NOW trying to make a big thing out of this. Braiding the hair is perhaps a safe option all round - it keeps the boys' hair neat and tidy as well as much safer from catching nits, from getting snagged in play equipment and from getting knots and tangles in it. And frankly, if both parents are working long hours, then it's a lot easier to braid the hair than to have to sit combing out tangles! A friend of mine has three boys, lovely kids. None of the family cuts their hair. It's not a religious thing, they're just hippies. We spend a lot of time with them. In fact, those boys are really great kids. But their hair has never been cut. Never. It's long, curly, blonde (white-blonde) and the eldest boy especially looks like a girl, in his delicate facial features. But there's nothing effeminate about them, nor do they seem at all phased by it. No bullying at school either. Or nothing that seems to bother them. The boys were home-schooled for a few years, have just gone back to school for the last few months. At the local school the boys generally have their hair tied back - ponytail, or braid. It's better for the hair. No big deal for anyone. Although it's a problem for difficult child 3 - he always has trouble with his personal pronouns, keeps calling the boys "her". I keep explaining - they're boys. He knows it intellectually, but the delicate features and beautiful long blonde curls make him forget they're boys. Marg [/QUOTE]
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