Five yr old suspended for haircut

[jphillips63]

What's next in this country?


http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/kindergarten-boy-suspended-for-his--distracting--mohawk-182303876.html

[gnmwilliams]

If you sign a contract to follow a policy you should abide by it or don't sign the contract. Yeah maybe a haircut seems a little silly but a dress code is set to avoid distractions and this hair style was obviously causing one. I signed a contract with my job that doesn't allow me to carry a weapon while I'm working. I think it's silly and even dangerous, but I will abide by it or seek employment elsewhere.

Edited April 9, 2013 by gnmwilliams

[Randall53]

I saw that earlier today.  I'm amazed how most of our Conservative leaders are sitting on their butts and letting the LIberals keep turning the screw. I think every conservative voter should just start bombarding every conservative that does NOT participate in the fillubuster no matter what state they live in, nor what state the senators are representing.  Just pound them with emails. 

[BrasilNuts]

"Hair styling or coloring arrangements which are disruptive or distracting are not permissible."

End of story.

[Garufa]

Since when does a 5 year old get to choose anything, much less a haircut? 

[Guest nra37922]

Since when does a 5 year old get to choose anything, much less a haircut? 

Cause the parents don't want to be parents but friends.

[TMF]

Since when does a 5 year old get to choose anything, much less a haircut?

Since parenting experts decided to spread the belief that saying "no" to your child is wrong.

The school's policy seems subjective, so maybe the parents have an argument. Speaking on opinion only, I think it's incredibly tacky and trashy when parents do this to their kids. I see it all the time around town, and there seems to be a common denominator with young children who are allowed to "express" their personalities through extreme fashion. That denominator is that the kids are out of control little monsters and the parents are useless slobs.

[Romad7]

This sounds like old school conservative rules to me which I don't actually have much issue with. This teaches them rules and discipline, they can choose whatever they want when they are adults but until then they should be held to a standard.

[Garufa]

This sounds like old school conservative rules to me which I don't actually have much issue with. This teaches them rules and discipline, they can choose whatever they want when they are adults but until then they should be held to a standard.

 

I don't think there's anything "conservative" about it.  It's just a matter of what's right.  When I was a kid not even the most liberal, socialistic ex-hippy would allow their kid to go to school with a mohawk.

[nightrunner]

Sounds pretty cut and dried to me

[npgunner]

Sounds pretty cut and dried to me

Actually looks a little cut and gelled to me if you look at the kid in the article. Haha.

[Volzfan]

He's an obvious troublemaker and should be put in an alternative school until he's 18 and his parents should be arrested for abuse and neglect!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, not really!

[TripleDigitRide]

Most children I've seen with a mowhawk are spawn of white trash. The same white trash that believe the rules apply to everyone but themselves.

[NRA]

this looks like it is going to be an old school verses new school debate........ kids these day :shrug:

[daddyo]

Since when does a 5 year old get to choose anything, much less a haircut? 

 

Exactly! As a friend of mine once put it, "Boys don't get to decide what boys do and don't do, parents get to decide what boys do and don't do.

[nightrunner]

this looks like it is going to be an old school verses new school debate........ kids these day :shrug:

For the record, im only 24 years old and think they were well within the rules to do what they did.

[NRA]

:foot:

For the record, im only 24 years old and think they were well within the rules to do what they did.

[Guest carter]

looks like racism at it's finest... since when did someone get suspended by the way they look? this is total crap... just because someone doesn't look conservative in there style they have to do away with them... NAZI! 

[billyscott]

Who decides what is disruptive or distracting? 

Not me.

As long as a child's behavior is not disruptive or distracting, that's a fine line.

[wewoapsiak]

Most children I've seen with a mowhawk are spawn of white trash. The same white trash that believe the rules apply to everyone but themselves.

So the mohawk is the new rat-tail?

[TripleDigitRide]

To a certain degree, possibly. I am all for freedom of expression, but you have to use some common sense. Following the rules can sometimes suck, but tyats just the way it is.

I have a friend that works for a parcel delivery company, and if he wants to keep his job, he must adhere to their extremely strict dress code. This also includes the type of facial hair he's allowed to have. He didn't like being forced to shave his ZZ Top lookin' beard for the job, but that was a call he had to make.

I can't tell you how often my daughter comes to me with a request to do something crazy to her hair, or get a piercing other than her ears. I use my better judgement, tell her no, and explain why. It sucks, but in a few short years, she can make those decisions for herself. Until then, that's my job.

[Guest RedLights&Sirens]

He's an obvious troublemaker and should be put in an alternative school until he's 18 and his parents should be arrested for abuse and neglect!

No, not really!

You cant blame the child, its the NRAs fault as well as weapons that belong on the battlefield with super high capacity depleted uranium armor piercing bullet clips. Thats why this kid has a mohawk and is a future trouble maker. Dont you watch the news?

/sarcasm

[Mike.357]

I guess I am white trash and everything else that comes with it.  I took the #1 grandson to the barber and he came away with a mohawk.

 

Who cares how a kid has their hair cut?   How is a haircut disruptive?   Seriously.

 

You only get to be a kid one time.  If you are gonna have screwed up wacky hair what better time than when a little kid?  You get to spend the rest of your life conforming to what society says is best for you.

[Mike.357]

and to add the more i think about it the more it pisses me off.

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that kids haircut.  He is five years old,  he is a good looking kid.

 

This is exactly what is wrong with our country.  It has nothing to do with a haircut.  It is about control.  Sickening.

[peejman]

Certainly an over-reaction on the administration's part.  Sure the boy's classmates will think it's neat today.  By tomorrow, it'll be normal and they won't care anymore. 

 

That said, there's no direction given in that policy what constitutes "disruptive", it otherwise meets all the criteria they list.  I'd get pretty pissy with the administration if my kid got suspended from kindergarten over a hair cut.  But then, you never know what may have constituted the conversations before the suspension and any other prior history with this kid and his parents.