Long Hair Isn't Just for Little Girls Anymore

I wonder how many of you women are looking at this picture and are having trouble seeing that this is in fact a boy? A clean, tidy boy I might add. I've seen grown women who's hair was not nearly this neat, and yet you're saying he looks "unkempt" and looks like an "urchin" reallly??  What century are we in for crying out loud? Oh, while we're there... You do realize that longer hair, past the shoulders anyway, was highly fashionable on men until right around the end of World War I right?  

The bigger point in all this is when exactly did it become okay for us to tell other people how they must live their lives? Ultimately, if it's not your hair, you don't get to decide. If you wouldn't want someone telling you the choices you should make, don't presume to tell someone the choices you believe they should make. Even in a comment to a blog they will probably never read. And I just became a hypocrite. Lovely.

I HATE long hair on little boys.  I think it looks trashy.  Like a little kid trying to be in an 80's hair band for halloween. How come everytime I see a little boy with long hair he's also wearing only a diaper and no pants, or has some kind of food/beverage mustache crusting under all that hair.. and his long hair is stuck to his sticky face? 

i have 3 wonderful little boys who all have long hair because they want it that way! their dad has long hair. my 4 and 1/2 year old went into hysterics when he was 1 1/2 and i went to give him his first haircut! he kept saying like daddy, like daddy! he has only ever had one hair trim in his life. my other 4 1/2 year old has had his hair cut a few times since he was 1. but for now his hair is long and he likes it! my beautiful soon to be 2 year old has the cutest ringlets and i asked him if he wanted me to cut his hair and he like his big brother said no! i like daddy!!! and yes they have heard the oh but he looks like a girl, oh i thought he was a girl. they just look straight at people and say i'm not a girl, i'm a boy. don't call me a girl. i agree it's up to the child when they want it cut and my children all know that they have to keep it clean and brushed or i will bust out the scissors!!

Hi there, just wanted to tell you, I enjoyed this article. It was funny. Keep on posting!

I personally don't think parents should make choices for their kids, based solely on what looks 'cute'. I want my boys to be seen as boys and the same for my girls. If I cut my girls hair, they would be called boys (as was my oldest since she was over 2 before any came in). Most boys don't want to be called cute anyway. As long as other parents aren't offended when I call their child the wrong gender, then I don't care what they do.

I do think boys look better with short hair, that's just my opinion. Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I prefer that boys have short hair and girls have long hair..although I don't know if I would let my daughters' hair grow down to their bottoms or anything until they are old enough to take care of it on their own..but I would let it grow to the middle of their back. But I also would not tell anyone what they should do with their kids' hair. My fiance now keeps his hair short (hes 24) and has since he was about 6 or 7..but when he was really little, he had hair down to his shoulders. From the pictures I've seen of him, I can tell he looked like a boy, but his parents say they did sometimes get asked if hes a boy or girl. I prefer him with short hair though lol.

My Three year old son is going through that for couple years now every one says he looks like a girl i need to cut his hair but then i cut his hair and every one ask ohhhh why did you cut his hair he looks so cute with it longer.....we went in to get his hair cut to donate for locks of love but they said his hair has to be 8" and i am inquisitve to if i should allow his hair to get that long?? he looks good with both long and short hair he actually prefers the longer style and always tells me no he dont want his hair cut i keep it clean above his eyes and trim the back for him. He has such beautiful hair and would be lovely for some one in need but should i let his hair get that long??

My 7 year old son's hair was cut by my parents when they were watching him. His hair wasnt super long but they were always whining about it. I would have been mad if they had cut it without his consent but he wanted his hair to look like John Cena so it wasnt that bad. but a childs hair should be up to the child and the parents. 

I think it's up to the parents until the child is old enough to say yes or no. My SIL kept her son's hair very long and very girly. When he started school, he came home and wanted it cut, because he was getting teased. His mom always said she'd cut it when he wanted it, but when push came to shove, she'd talk him out of cutting it. Now, he's 8, and can hardly pass for a boy. Mom's been know to set it on rollers overnight on weekends. Makes you wonder when you see one of these boys, whose idea it REALLY is.