Celebrity moms and their long-haired boys

I think they are the parents, and if that is what they want for their kids it is none of my business.

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I completely agree with Pavlina. Unless there was some safety or hygiene issue (!), I wouldn't want anyone telling me my 18 month old daughter should have a particular haircut. Why would anyone be concerned about whether a child looks feminine or masculine based on their haircut? I find the same bizarre insistence on roleplaying a particuler gender whenever I dress my daughter in blue! Apparently our haircuts and shirt color make us who we are and we need to instill that early on by fussing about other people's children.

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My son is 5 and has the most incredible auburn hair. It's gorgeous - thick, shiny, and wavy so we keep it on the long side. Plus we live on the California coast where it's "cool" to have longer hair. However, chin level is as long as I'd ever let my sons' hair grow. Any longer looks a little girly in my opinion....

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To each their own.

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I admit that Macpherson looks like she's actually trying to dress him up like a girl, which seems a bit odd. Political statement?

But long hair on little boys, generally speaking? Go for it!

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There are so many more things to worry about than the length or style of hair a person chooses for their children. If the hairstyle is not in some way impeding the happiness or health of the child what difference does it make?

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What's wrong with looking like a girl? As Madonna sang, "people think for a boy to look like a girl is degrading"

But why?

Girls are awesome, so are boys, so is groovy hair.I just do not get why so many people have to comment on boys hair length.My boys both have longer hair (think Zach and Cody, but with no bangs) and it's yucky when people give us grief about it. My uncle even threatened to shave thier heads while they slept, the big old meanie.

Sandy, open your mind on this topic.

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I don't know if my son had had good hair maybe I'd grow it semi long but do to nature he has tennis ball hair but with curls, and as far Elle her son and my daughter could be twins

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If the kids choose to have longer hair, I can't see an issue, it's obviously being well taken care of....I just wonder how many people assume they're girls, and how frustrating it might or might not be for the boys...*shrug*

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And I plan on keeping my daughter's hair cut short until she's old enough to care for it herself. What's the difference?

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I am in Florida. I see lots of young guys with long hair these days. I think it's the trend.

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Why shouldn't a boy have long hair if he wants it that way? Wasn't this topic put to bed in the 1960s?

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Just look at the ads -- even the mainstream stores have boys with long-ish hair. They are just a little further ahead of the trend.

Bid deal

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I can understand the long hair on boys. But Elle Mcpherson looks like she is TRYING to make her son look like a girl.....what's with the bangs?

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My son has long hair - or rather, as long as possible. We haven`t cut it once since he was born. I also dress him in highly gender neutral clothes.

I don`t see what is wrong with it. If you are taking care of the hair, and it is not obviously causing unhappiness for the child... What`s the problem?

I don`t see anyone complaining about little girls with short boyish hairstyles, or wearing boy clothes. Of course I`m not dressing my son in dresses and bows, but still - How is a boy having long hair and wearing somewhat girlish clothes (Like those on Macpherson`s son) any different than a little girl having short hair and wearing a sports shirt?

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I forgot to coment that my daughter has naturally curly, naturally short hair. Up until last week she'd never had a haircut...and she's 2 and a half, and we get comments such as "Why do you cut her hair so short?" and "Brothers? How cute!" (When he's in a sports outfit and she's in a dress or even a pink top!) People tend to be space cadets.

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My 2 year old son has beautiful strawberry-blonde hair and the color stands out better when his hair is long instead of buzz-cut short. We didn't cut it until he was 19 months old (it was already shoulder-length then) because it kept getting in his eyes. However, the woman cut it too short. Even with the haircut, people still mistook him for a girl! That was when I decided to let him grow it out again but with bangs because wearing a barrette isn't an option and he isn't a fan of hats or bandannas. Does that answer your question, Jessica?

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I think this is funny. Such discussion over hair length, something that shouldn't be that important, but is.

When my babies were little, my inlaws were very outspoken about what my children wore, wanting to make their gender clear by their clothing... pink and flowers for my daughter, blue and puppies for my son. I ignored them and dressed my daughter in my nephew's hand-me-downs anyway. I wasn't quite brave enough to take my son out in public dressed in pink, because I didn't want my friends to fuss at me. Yes, I know I'm a coward. In my area, rural suburban south-central Michigan, attitudes like those of my inlaws are not unusual.

Now, people are daring to ignore the general public when it comes to hair length for their older boys. I applaud them.

I suspect my grandfather, a World War II veteran, would be outraged. He would see it as improper and possibly, in his word, "disgusting".

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