Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have a kid with neon hair, a small tattoo, and a piercing. Kid is at a top university. Has joked to me how the parents on the student tours will look at them askance and with fear in their eyes as they pass by on campus. This kid is a top of class student in chosen major, will graduate with honors, is employed, is nearing graduation, is being recruited, is doing very, very well. For Gen Z, dying hair and body art is like wearing checkered Vans with a mohawk was for Gen X.
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But what about your child desires people to look at them askance? It’s clearly some sort of attention seeking behavior.
No way would this fly if the child is on my payroll.
DP. Do you really want every single person in the world to conform to some arbitrary standards about what you should wear and what color your hair should be? Who gets to decide that?
Just relax a little bit. Life can be so much more fun with a little color, and some colorful people.