Uh... why does a 6 year old boy have a diamond earring and long hair?

I don't have a problem with either on a male, but at 6 years old?

/School dress codes regulating hair length and jewelry are bullshiat. However, this is Texas, so we should all feel lucky the kid isn't dragged behind a truck.

I bet he's allergic to peanuts too, and he'll probably need Ritalin in a few years.

Asinine indeed

/Texasinine

MaudlinMutantMollusk: /Texasinine

Awesome.

smooshie: /Though Locks of Love is, to put it charitably, a bit shady.

No, they're not. (new window) Charities that actually use more than 80% of their income to help people are doing pretty goddamn well.

Unlike charities like (just a horrid example) Children with Hairloss (new window), which only spends about a quarter of every dollar donated on the kids, and almost three quarters of their total donations go towards paying the people who do fundraising for them.

FirstNationalBastard: Uh... why does a 6 year old boy have a diamond earring

That his parents gave him when he was 1? WTF? Bad enough stupid mothers have it done to their daughters--at least when she grows up, she'll most likely wear earrings. But a boy? What goes through a person's head to make that decision? "Oh, I think I'll traumatize my infant son by having some teenybopper at the mall spear his ear. It'll be cute."

brigid_fitch: "Oh, I think I'll traumatize my infant son by having some teenybopper at the mall spear his ear. It'll be cute."

You should see what they did to me at that age.

Well, after seeing the boy's hairstyle, I have to say...

That's considered to be long hair in Texas?

Jesus, they are farking nuts.

/still think the earring is stupid, though. If the kid wants one as a teenager, so be it. But at 6?

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Wow, what a scofflaw and hooligan.

/Though Locks of Love is, to put it charitably, a bit shady.

The article you linked gets a couple things wrong. First, LoL tells you right up front on their website that any hair they cannot use is sold to defray their costs of collecting, sorting, making the hair into wigs, etc. Second, their main "customers" are children suffering from alopecia areata - kids that most likely won't get their hair back - ever. As for the article, it's going to be a long time before this boy can donate. They need at least 10 inches of good hair to make wigs with.

Still, the school district is ridiculous to care about hair length. The jewelry, however; I can see not wanting ANY elementary school kid to show up with something expensive like that.

What strip club does his Mom work at?

Lizardking: Honest question: Why should he be different? Why should he be allowed to break the dress code just because he says he is donating the hair?

Honest question: Why should the dress code exist in its current form?

They're children. It shouldn't be acceptable for girls to wear their hair long and wear earrings but not for boys to do it.

TsarTom: brigid_fitch: "Oh, I think I'll traumatize my infant son by having some teenybopper at the mall spear his ear. It'll be cute."

You should see what they did to me at that age.

Thank you. I needed that laugh.

I have no problem is this kids parents want him to grow hair down to his arse. However, if they want to send their kid to school they have to abide by the standards and rules of the school. It doesn't matter if what they want to do is for a good cause or not. The rules are in place and have to be followed by all students, regardless of reason.

I hate to tell the parents this, but one day little snowflake will be an adult. There will be rules he will have to follow. Better to learn that now.

OBBN: I have no problem is this kids parents want him to grow hair down to his arse. However, if they want to send their kid to school they have to abide by the standards and rules of the school. It doesn't matter if what they want to do is for a good cause or not. The rules are in place and have to be followed by all students, regardless of reason.

I hate to tell the parents this, but one day little snowflake will be an adult. There will be rules he will have to follow. Better to learn that now.

So, what do they do when the rules are bullshiat?

Oh, wait, I forgot... questioning authority is a bad thing. Zero Tolerance, and all that. Turrurism!

ertznay: Unbelieveable. We are well into the 21st century, and people STILL have a bug up their ass with guys with long hair.

I'm really surprised Jesus hasn't gotten a makeover, with a flattop haircut and a cowboy hat to replace his not-code approved long hair.

I'd add this to my list of reasons I'm glad I neither live in Texas nor am raising my son there, but the list is so long I can't find the end of it.

Get Lost: Hey Texas..... Please go back to Mexico, quick.


/We do not need any more drones in society, who are victims of abuse from anal retentive MoFo's who hate anyone being different.
//If the legal system works, the kid could easily make part of his college money from the school assholes that are suppressing his Rights to education in the public schools system, without being persecuted for his beliefs(charity and being a good human, unlike the Nazi teachers and the Nazi administrators in his district).

Yeah, but the good part is that just maybe, kids like this will forever be suspicious of authority, and always realize that the people in administrative positions are mindless drones who are incapable of independent thought.

milkyshirt: The hair thing is great and all, but I have to say I farking hate parents that have their babies' ears pierced.

And I agree with that. I'd be fine with it if the kid had requested it, but it always weirds me out when someone changes someone else's body without their consent- even when it's relatively minor.

My parents' rule was that we got our ears pierced when we were old enough to ask for it, and I think that makes complete and total sense.

emersonbiggins: These were once the manliest of men in Red State Amerika.

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My, how times have changed