Children having haircuts

i found that hard to read.

Obviously with hair it would need to be ear pods not big old headphones

Was that to me Wellbeck what was the problem ?

My middle grandson has beautiful shoulder length blonde hair and looks just like his mother. He has some of it plaited out of the way when he's playin football. I suppose he will want it cut one day but you can recognise him a mile off among all the boys with their short hair.

One of my aunts had one of my cousins to stay when he was quite small. She tried to wash his hair one night but he told her he wasn't allowed to have it washed because it would bleed! She was sure she would have been warned about this but she said he seemed so certain about it that she gave up. Of course when she told his mother about it she nearly fell off her chair laughing.

When my brothers had their hair cut they used to go with dad, we were in married quarters at an RAF base then, everyone had the same - short back and sides

no BlueBelle. it was the previous story.

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Just leave it. He’ll decide for himself later on when his hair is getting longer if he wants to keep it long. It may get so long that it becomes inconvenient and then he may think that he wants it chopped off and will put up with the pain.
It should be his decision.

My mother simply told the barber 'short back and sides and a bit off the top' and that was it. No concessions.

My grandson doesn't like women cutting his hair, he also doesn't like the word barber. He goes to a Turkish barber and we just say hairdressers.
He wasn't keen but does like having a nice haircut.

My son (who also used to scream and squirm) mostly got over his violent aversion to trims after watching a small school friend ( with similar curls) have a trim at the barbers. Before that I had to give his tangles the odd snip myself whilst he was distracted. He got mistaken for a girl many times due to the mop of curls!
I think he thought touching his hair would hurt. A little girl had once accidently pulled his hair hard at soft play.

My husband took our son to the barber's when he had his hair trimmed (he didn't use the word 'cut') and let him watch. The day eventually came when son asked to 'have a go' at sitting on the 'up and down' chair. He was allowed to examine the scissors with the funny extra bits on the handle, and try turning the 'buzzer' on and off.
It took several hair cuts (DH was never so well groomed again) but worked in the end.
Very patient barber.

I used to cut my son's hair. It was in the eighties. It was in a sort of bob... Everyone loved it. When he was about 6 he decided to have it cut short at the hairdressers. I had mothers at his school asking me why I had my son's gorgeous hair cut. Was his choice though. Then when he was ten he decided to grow his hair. He then decided at 18 to have his waist length hair cut off. He always had it in a pony tail. I have two grandson's with long ponytails. Their choice. I am not sure why people think little boys should have short hair. Short hair for men is fairly recent in our history...I think late 18th/early 19th century when it became the norm. Boys should be given the choice...it should not be enforced on them...

I see no reason why a boy has to have short hair. If he is worried about having it cut or if he just likes it longer, why not leave him be? My grandson who is 7 has lovely long blonde hair. On the - rare - occasions someone says he looks like a girl, he says 'I'm not a girl, I'm a rock star!'

Jaxjacky

If it’s causing that amount of distress I’d just leave it, children have all sorts of hair length now.

I agree. Let him grow it till it's his decision about whether to get it cut shorter or not. My friend's son has just started secondary school and has hair well past shoulder length. It's fine.

This is definitely not something to force on him. My GS (3 has lovely long blonde curls and a top knot. He looks gorgeous.

I used to cut my chiliens’ hair while they were watching tv. True the cuts weren’t that good but they did. I didn’t have the money to pay the cost of mine let alone theirs.

I have seen screens showing cartoons in the children’s section of the hairdresser’s.

I have 3 grandsons. Two have pretty normal cuts. Number 3 has beautiful long hair. I adore it. I. Imagine that one day he'll want it cutting but for now he's happy. Just started senior school and he's getting lots of compliments. Leave the hair. Schools can't force short cuts any more so just go with it!

Children's hairdressers are popping up all over the place now. They are geared to putting children at ease. Seats are usually vehicles with a tv screen child friendly environments and patient hairdressers.

My younger son was terrified of the barber we first took him to. The second one was a female and she laughed and joked with him called the electric hairtrimmer Bigfoot and let him hold it and switch it on. Her approach was totally different to the abrupt and grumpy barber. Son was fine about getting his hair cut and as a 23 year old loves getting his hair cut.

Some people are really sensitive when it comes to having their heads even touched .

I recall dressing my grandna's hair for her.
I'd comb it very gently and eventually learnt to trim it .She never went to a hairdressers .

I've also winced as combs are sometimes dragged through my very curly hair and one of my granddaughters is the exactly the same .

If this little boy experienced any discomfort he'll panic when it's hair cut time .

Let him him have long hair and when he's ready and feeling brave he'll ask to have it cut .

Don't worry about it .

Why not just let him wear his hair long for a year or two…. you might have a different child on your hands by then.Schools aren’t bothered about hairstyles these days…. so leave him be!

My grandson had long hair for 8 years …from 7 to 15 …. now it’s short …his hair …his choice!

My sons (and my daughter's sons) all had long hair till they chose to cut it at between 7 and 13.
Long hair is lovely.

I would be another who asks why it needs to be done.

My youngest grandson has just had his long hair cut this summer as he said he was too hot. He is 8. His hair was only trimmed until then. He was very excited recently to send his ponytail off to a charity that makes wigs for children who are undergoing chemotherapy... it was SUCH lovely hair and quite a lot of it. I hope he gets a thank-you eventually.
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On our eldest son's first visit to my hairdresser he made so much fuss, kicking, wriggling and screaming that she cut herself! He was three. After that I cut his hair, he was fine with that. I cut all our boys hair until they started secondary school, and my husbands which I still cut.

I would say if he really hates the process, don't cut it! Lots of boys have long hair these days, and if it gets a little bit untidy perhaps you or his mum could do a very light trim to keep it in shape - avoiding his ears of course. It's something he'll grow out of I'm sure.