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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This does NOT happen everywhere and does NOT happen in other sports.  And while some kids may be OK with it, it is almost certainly humiliating for others.  This is the naked exercise of power inflicted on those who want to both make the team and be accepted and therefore have no choice but to comply.  And this is not a battle kids can fight on their own because it is something that has been institutionalized.  One child, alone, objects and that child will not make the team, at best, and will most likely be ridiculed.  Shame on the school for allowing this and on parents for defending it.[/quote]

So, you're pissed because someone wants to cut your snowflake's locks? What does HE say about it?[/quote]

The practice being discussed is bad enough but this poster (I'm hoping this is only one person) is giving SSSA a really bad name.  I can't imagine wanting to send a child there after reading this thread.

I realize that all the information in the world won't change this poster's mind (seriously, read the link -- head shaving is specifically mentioned) but hopefully someone from the school will read this and maybe think about the rep they are getting.

By the way my DS associates baldness on young people with cancer because of a cousin who went through chemotherapy.  It would absolutely be disturbing to him to have to shave his head.

And what happens when a boy refuses?  Are boys allowed to refuse?[/quote]

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