Taylor Pugh, 4, plays while waiting with his mother Elizabeth Taylor, right, in a waiting room before a closed session meeting with the Mesquite Independent School District school board, Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, to decide what to do with the young boys long hair in Mesquite.
Aw, just cut his damn hair, already...
That’s how my mother used to arrange my hair to go to ballet class when I was a little girl.
Delton Pugh = a Beta Male’s Name
Cut the kid’s hair. Cripes, what is it with parents trying to make a statement via their children?
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My hair is down to my beltline, and I have 2 young Sons ages six and nine.
When they asked if they could grow their hair as long as Daddy’s, I replied: “Sure. As long as you start paying for the hairties, shampoo, conditioning, salon visits (I was just making it up from this point), vitamin injections, and all of the other things.”
Needless to say, they have military-short hair. And they like it.
A 4 year old should be at home with his mom anyway.
PING!
“I don’t think it’s right to hold a child down and force him to do something,” Mr. Pugh, a tattoo artist, told The Associated Press. “It’s not hurting him or affecting his education.”
First of all, the parents want a 4 year old to be able to not only dictate to them what he will and will not do, but an entire school district must conform to him.
Second, what's a 4 year old doing in a government school in the first place?
Third, if they feel so strongly about the long hair and the education of a 4 year old, take him out of the school and home school him.
C'mon people!
I wouldn’t let my son’s hair grow that long, but I also woudln’t want the government to tell me how long it should be.
Actually, many of the founding fathers had hair of a similar length.
Do they have a minimum hair length for girls?
If the kid’s hair isn’t dangerous or disruptive the gubmint should mind its own business.
I'm okay with long hair.
Good lesson to teach a kid ... your hair and your right to “express yourself” is more important than your education. And, if you don’t get your way, pitch a hissy fit.
Cut his damn hair.
SnakeDoc
I don’t know why the district has a rule like that. They can just require everyone, boys and girls, to keep their hair out of the way, for the purpose of safety and attentiveness in class.
We have one kid at my son’s elementary school whose father is Sikh. No haircut, and he’s not at the age to use the turban, I guess. He has a ponytail down to his elbows and his life goes on, just like the other boys.
But really, these parents aren’t going to want public school for their kids because of all the rules. They are rebels and maybe they should find a free-thinking private school or homeschool.
One of the best Scouts in our 80-Scout BSA Troop wears a ponytail and gets his hair cut every two years by an organization that uses the hair for wigs for chemo patients.
Nobody teases him, either.
Mesquite is white trash central.
Rules and standards are necessary in order for a civilized society to function. Without them, there is anarchy. Anarchy is no less serious in the schoolroom than any where else.
We are a nation of laws. A rule or law is legal and fair if it is applied to everyone equally and it does not violate the US Constitution by either forbidding a right, or creating a right that does not exist. Last time I looked there was no right to have long hair in the Constitution.
If someone disagrees with a law (unless the law involves a matter of life or death), the solution is not to disobey it, but to work for change with like-minded citizens. If you are the only one who doesn’t like the law, you have no right to break it on the basis of personal preference.
If you feel you cannot work within a particular system, and the issue of long hair is so critical to you, you should seek legitimate alternatives outside that system (in this case homeschooling or a private school). If you don’t have the means or the initiative to pursue that, then you need to work within the system. Don’t expect everyone to cater to you while everyone else goes by the rules.
A government school has no business dictating how long a kid’s hair can be, assuming it’s not so bizarre as to constitute a classroom disruption or safety hazard. Then again, a government school has no business existing in the first place. Send ALL the kids home and shut down.
News flash for all you do gooders. His hair has nothing to do with his character or the character of his parents. They are not trying to force the other boys to wear long hair, only to exercise their God given right to determine how their children wear their hair. The government has no right to force you to cut your kid's hair. 4 is way to young to be in school anyway.