mohawk?
Today’s question is: Why are little boys infatuated with mohawks?
Background: My boy has begged and begged me for a mohawk for the past couple of years. Every time I cut his hair he looks up at me and says “can I please have a mohawk?” to which I firmly reply, “no”.
Nice aren’t I?
When, he needed a hair cut the other day and the standard question came up, I met it with a ‘yes’ instead of ’no’ and here’s the result……
He enjoyed every second of making faces and showing off his new do. His sister’s couldn’t get enough of taking pictures of him too.
So I won the good mom award for the day……..
because I only let him keep it long enough for the pictures and then it was back to the cutting room.
For the record, I absolutely hate mohawks, with a passion.
My boy got 10 whole minutes of his mohawk. Luckily, he’ll have the pictures forever!
I'm not a fan either, although they are quite popular here – for boys of ALL ages. *sigh* Guess I just don't get it.
Comment by wendy — August 17, 2010 @ 3:50 pm
I don't mind them – as long as the rest of the hair is short, I'm good. Can't handle long hair on my boys.
Comment by Refinnej — August 17, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
Seriously, it could be a fine haircut if I didn't hate it so much, I guess it is one of those things, you either like it or you don't. When I was a kid my mom hated my hair long, HATED IT, she gave me this thing called a pixie cut and everyone thought I was a boy. I hated it but she didn't let me have a say. I wanted long hair, eventually I won, my hair was long a lot (I kept good care of it). Anyway, I think it all comes down to what you like for your own kids. It makes no difference what anyone else does, it's all about what you accept for your own kids. In the grand scheme of things hair makes almost no difference, right?
Comment by colette — August 17, 2010 @ 9:29 pm