Many of you have noticed Sweet Son growing his hair long. He has had many reasons at various stages. It started with not wanting his hair orthogonal (we used to do buzz cuts). Then he wanted to look like a musician. Then he decided he wanted a pony tail. Every day for months he would have me try putting his hair back. This was our first slight success.
It's actually two different pony tails. One at the top and one with the hair at the bottom. Not exactly what he wanted, but he could at least see progress. Of course Sweet Daughter wanted her hair just like his - two pony tails.
There's a lot of debate in the parenting world about what is appropriate for kids' hair. Our rule is you must keep your hair clean. If you can't, then it's our choice of how to cut/style it. Other than that, we let the kids decide on their own hair styles. There have been certain points when we, as parents, haven't liked their choices. The key here is it's not our hair. They aren't hurting anyone and they are proud of making such important decisions. Besides if you can't experiment with different hair styles when you are 4, when can you?
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