Mom call police and MOE : Teacher force son for a haircut
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You know, even through hair, there is so much to educate a child, and sometimes, parents and educators should seize this opportunity.
What I taught my children through their hair:
1. Your hair tells people what you really are. If you do not bother about what can be seen, people cannot imagine what cannot be seen. So always be well groomed.
2. For the girls, your hair should be smooth and well conditioned, not for the looks, but for health. So no matter what activities you do, you have the responsibility to ensure your hair (and therefore skin, teeth etc) are in good condition, no buts, no ifs. Even if you swim everyday, it is your responsibility to make sure your hair is well conditioned and is smooth. Hence, they learn proper grooming like using olive oil etc.
3. You should keep a hairstyle to suits your looks and not just follow fashion blindly. And this is so important, this is our opportunity to tell our kids to have a mind of his own and not follow whatever their peers do, be it drugs, smoking, unhealthy BGR etc…
4. The length should not determine the ‘fashion-ness’ but the style and how it flatters your face. Go get a professional to determine that together with you. Bring some photos of hairstyles you like and then work out a good hairstyle.
5. When in school, obey school rules. Choose a hairstyle that will meet the school rules and yet is fashionable! To achieve this, you need to be creative, give and take. The real life lessons. We will always have to live within constraints, but we can be creative within constraints. Rules and laws should never be broken in the name of creativity or innovation, or fashion.
6. Don’t have the same hairstyle as a friend or star, because it looks nice on them. Be yourself! Find something that flatters yourself. Yet, venture out (within rules) and dare to take on different styles. Be daring without breaking rules. Have fun with consideration. Be moderate, yet be crazy.
I went through many years of working out hair problems with my kids, and I turned them into lessons. Now that hair problems are out of they way for the older ones, I have to look for other topics to teach life’s lessons. -
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There are life lessons to be maximized everywhere only if we cared to notice.
I apply the same theory with my children as well. These teachable moments are priceless. -
Issit because of this thread that Svensons decided to put up their ad at our portal page?
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Issit because of this thread that Svensons decided to put up their ad at our portal page?
that is determine by google ad. they use some alogrithm based on words on the webpage to determine which type of advertisement to display. -
Then, they sure are fast!
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Er… OT a bit, what is a good remedy for hairloss due to child birth? My hair is far less than what I used to have, and still dropping. Will Svenson do?
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2ppaamm:
:goodpost: :thankyou:You know, even through hair, there is so much to educate a child, and sometimes, parents and educators should seize this opportunity.
What I taught my children through their hair:
1. Your hair tells people what you really are. If you do not bother about what can be seen, people cannot imagine what cannot be seen. So always be well groomed.
2. For the girls, your hair should be smooth and well conditioned, not for the looks, but for health. So no matter what activities you do, you have the responsibility to ensure your hair (and therefore skin, teeth etc) are in good condition, no buts, no ifs. Even if you swim everyday, it is your responsibility to make sure your hair is well conditioned and is smooth. Hence, they learn proper grooming like using olive oil etc.
3. You should keep a hairstyle to suits your looks and not just follow fashion blindly. And this is so important, this is our opportunity to tell our kids to have a mind of his own and not follow whatever their peers do, be it drugs, smoking, unhealthy BGR etc...
4. The length should not determine the 'fashion-ness' but the style and how it flatters your face. Go get a professional to determine that together with you. Bring some photos of hairstyles you like and then work out a good hairstyle.
5. When in school, obey school rules. Choose a hairstyle that will meet the school rules and yet is fashionable! To achieve this, you need to be creative, give and take. The real life lessons. We will always have to live within constraints, but we can be creative within constraints. Rules and laws should never be broken in the name of creativity or innovation, or fashion.
6. Don't have the same hairstyle as a friend or star, because it looks nice on them. Be yourself! Find something that flatters yourself. Yet, venture out (within rules) and dare to take on different styles. Be daring without breaking rules. Have fun with consideration. Be moderate, yet be crazy.
I went through many years of working out hair problems with my kids, and I turned them into lessons. Now that hair problems are out of they way for the older ones, I have to look for other topics to teach life's lessons. -
hm… one more important thing that happens very often. Bad hairstylists. If this hairstylist is bad and gives you a lousy hairstyle, so be it lor, hair grows anyway, no need to sweat, in another month, get a friend to recommend another affordable but good hairdresser, and then try again. Never give up. Sooner or later, we’ll find a good hairdresser. When we find one, stick to him/her like glue.
Hm… like finding a spouse lor. -
2ppaamm:
Er... OT a bit, what is a good remedy for hairloss due to child birth? My hair is far less than what I used to have, and still dropping. Will Svenson do?
Probably stress? Constant worrying can cause hair loss. Personal experience. Once my worries were resolved, my hair stopped falling out at the alarming rate and no more white hair, all within a week.
Back to the boy - hair issue. I didn't read the article and I don't know what transpired before or during the incident. All I can say is it looked as if it was done dangerously, and the school made the wrong judgement call, even if it was with a difficult student. As a parent, if I condone such punishment by schools, I leave my own child open to victimization. The school would have done better telling him to stay home until he is ready to follow school rules.
At the end of the day, hairstyle rules are so...dinosaur-era. In preschools and universities you see all kinds of hairstyles. Strange that from P1 to JC or Poly, it suddenly becomes an issue. A person's hairstyle can give us clues about his evolving personality and state of mind. If u ask me, that's quite useful to a mother! -
It's called school rules. What is wrong with this mom. Long-haired boys I usually see them as paikia.
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