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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 135563" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>On our wall we have a lovely professionally-done photo of our four kids, all groomed well as if going to a wedding. difficult child 1's hair is crewcut and he looks great. I remember I buzz-cut his hair the day before. It was the last time I cut his hair. Or anyone.</p><p></p><p>Since then he's bleached it (I helped, because that was better than having him do himself an injury); he's dyed it sky-blue, which then faded and on top of the brassy bleach, it looked GREEN; the dye came off all over his bedding (thankfully it eventually washed out).</p><p></p><p>We have set rules - common sense ones. He can grow his hair but he MUST look after it. This means washing it regularly, keeping it brushed and tying it back when he's working with machinery or cooking. </p><p></p><p>The consequences of not doing these things - failure to wash hair means massive pimples breakout on his face and back. It also means it looks awful and girls will avoid him. Failure to tie it back means I will yell at him for breach of household safety regulations. He's also learned to keep it tidy enough to avoid getting knots in it.</p><p></p><p>We found a product for getting knots out. it's also a preventive - Fructis smooth & sleek serum. It comes in a green ball with a pump dispenser, which dispenses far more than you need. I get difficult child 1 to spread a drop of this over his hair brush, and if the knots are small, by the third pass of the brush they're just about gone. difficult child 1 will use this, he got his girlfriend onto using it too!</p><p></p><p>The long fingernails were another worry, especially when he didn't clean them. Frankly, he's been looking like a vampire, with the long hair, long dirty nails and wearing faded and worn black clothes. Then he tried to get a job through an agency and they smartened him up fast. They let him keep the hair if he keeps it tied back.</p><p></p><p>Fran is right - Basket C. But safety and health is important, so we make him comply at least there.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 135563, member: 1991"] On our wall we have a lovely professionally-done photo of our four kids, all groomed well as if going to a wedding. difficult child 1's hair is crewcut and he looks great. I remember I buzz-cut his hair the day before. It was the last time I cut his hair. Or anyone. Since then he's bleached it (I helped, because that was better than having him do himself an injury); he's dyed it sky-blue, which then faded and on top of the brassy bleach, it looked GREEN; the dye came off all over his bedding (thankfully it eventually washed out). We have set rules - common sense ones. He can grow his hair but he MUST look after it. This means washing it regularly, keeping it brushed and tying it back when he's working with machinery or cooking. The consequences of not doing these things - failure to wash hair means massive pimples breakout on his face and back. It also means it looks awful and girls will avoid him. Failure to tie it back means I will yell at him for breach of household safety regulations. He's also learned to keep it tidy enough to avoid getting knots in it. We found a product for getting knots out. it's also a preventive - Fructis smooth & sleek serum. It comes in a green ball with a pump dispenser, which dispenses far more than you need. I get difficult child 1 to spread a drop of this over his hair brush, and if the knots are small, by the third pass of the brush they're just about gone. difficult child 1 will use this, he got his girlfriend onto using it too! The long fingernails were another worry, especially when he didn't clean them. Frankly, he's been looking like a vampire, with the long hair, long dirty nails and wearing faded and worn black clothes. Then he tried to get a job through an agency and they smartened him up fast. They let him keep the hair if he keeps it tied back. Fran is right - Basket C. But safety and health is important, so we make him comply at least there. Marg [/QUOTE]
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