The 15 year old Man-Child is rocking a Mohawk at the moment and it's driving me mad. Not for the reasons you'd think. They have no uniform or dress code at school (within reason, but that's mainly directed at the wannabee-slut girls) so the Mohawk is fine.
I just think it's boring and predictable. He wants to be a punk/goth musician; he's heavily into his guitar (as well as viola); wears black all the time and has started adding a few bits of dangling chains to his jeans. Being 6'3' and rather cute, I think he looks good, if a bit menacing. But the haircut? Please. It's just so obvious isn't it? I mean, teenager trying to rebel = spiked hair.
He likes The Clash, so I keep popping up picures of the late Joe Strummer and saying "Why don't you ask the barber to do that with your hair?", and pointing out cooler hair cuts in magazines. He either rolls his eyes and says nothing, while clicking back to his homework, or bats me away with his gigantic hand.
He's going for a trim tonight after school and I have half a mind to pay off the barber to accidentally give him a different haircut.
After my latest attempt at brain-washing (some dude on American Idol with a great 'do') the Queenager imparted these words of wisdom: "You do realise that the more you say this, the less chance there is of him ever letting the Mohawk go?".
Um. Yes. I knew that.
Queenager is a wise young'un........let him be...all will be well....start really loving the mohawk and he will change it quick enough.
ReplyDeleteI'm not letting my 14 year old read this. Right now he gets whatever hairdo I permit. I pay, I say.
ReplyDeleteMohawks are cool - really. Just say you love it or that it's kinda growing on you and it will swiftly disappear!
ReplyDeleteoh he's going to be soooo embarrassed when he's older and looks back. If you cant have a daft hair cut when you are a teen when can you?
ReplyDeleteBetter a Mohawk which he can grow out/cut off than the current trend of tattoos... all over his head that he would find hard to remove?!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the others - fall in love with that haircut and it will disappear immediately.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping that if I let the children think that some kind of bad hair cut, or strange colored hair, is an act of real rebellion that really pisses me off, then they won't feel the need to do anything worse!
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ReplyDeleteWhenever I lament the hair in the eyes or choice of clothing, I try to hold my tongue and count to 10. If these are the worst of our problems with our children, woohoo! And BTW, what makes you think the sluts are wannabees???
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I'm a bit of a slacker about hair - as long as it doesn't smell. It will always grow back and if you can't have a mohawk, however tragic, when you're in your teens, when can you? That's easy to say though when my eldest is 13 and doesn't have a hair-related thought in his head.
ReplyDeleteI'm with the 'tell him you love it' girls. Maybe get a grandparent in on it. But it is only hair and he will get board with it eventually.
ReplyDeleteTeen girls on the other hand? Pay off the hairdresser. Girls who can't be bothered to brush their hair should not have hair!
What I have learnt is that there will always be ‘something’. Hair today, tomorrow wanting to shave the whole thing off and then tattoo all over where the hair should have been. Enjoyed this post and have linked to it on HerMelness Speaks ... Out. All the best. HMS
ReplyDeleteI'm with everyone else here: get to love it and he'll cut it off, but be careful what you wish for! Hair is easily 'put right', other 'decorations' less so..
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