Teen boy hair product

[Anonymous]

Ds is 13. Hair is longish (probably 5 inch strands hitting to chin and layers above). DH always makes him use hair product to tame it, but it immediately looks greasy, and by after school looks like a Grease bomb. Ds gets his oily hair from me, DH isn’t familiar with that hair type.

Suggestions for teen boy hair products to tame almost chin length hair without grease?

[Anonymous]

MAKES him?

You both need to back off. Help him if he asks for advice. Otherwise let him be.

-a dad and MS teacher

[Anonymous]

Gel and go light

[Anonymous]

What about a salt spray to add some texture and give it that tousled look?

[Anonymous]

have him cut his hair.

[Anonymous]

What products do you use, OP? My son has curly hair like mine, and we just use the same Aveda products.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for the helpful replies!

I have super straight, greasy hair. Most products make my hair limp, greasy, stringy etc, so i don't bother - because with straight hair it doesn't need taming. So mostly just hair spray for me when I need something. DS's hair is more untamed and needs something to keep it in check, or he looks like a homeless person. DH's 'rule' is that if he wants to keep long hair, he needs to use product in it. This doesn't seem an unreasonable negotiation with a 13 year old boy.

To the dad/teacher above who apparently is a smarter better parent than me: My DS is ASD. He's not, however, an a**hole like you.