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Anonymous wrote:DS is 14. He has fair skin and dark hair and recently has developed a slight mustache which is noticeable when within relative close contact. He wants to shave it off, but DH said no, saying he’s too young and that once you start you can’t stop because it grows back faster and quicker. I get the last part (having to shave my legs; ugh) but am not sure on the average start she. Any input?

I think that’s a myth, isn’t it? At any rate, let him shave whenever he wants to. My 14 year old has been shaving periodically (far from every day, or even every few days) for about a year and a half.

Yes, it’s totally a myth that shaving makes hair come back thicker. I’ve been shaving the blond fuzz on my legs for 30 yrs and it hasn’t gotten any thicker or darker…

I’d personally let him shave whenever he wants to.

I dislike this level of control so much. The answer is....when they want to. It's his body. Even though the whole growing back thing is a myth, even if it was true, so what? It's his body.

Anonymous wrote:OP, please share more of your husband's "knowledge" and "wisdom". He must be a hoot.

Being very controlling and an idiot is a bad combination OP. I think you guys should pick one or, better yet, none.

Our private requires boy to be clean-shaven, so our now college student was shaving at 14, yes. Don't think he quite needed to, but he did.

As soon as the fuzz appeared. The young boys with facial hair look dirty and weird.

My son started at 12. I noticed the need before he did, but let him be the one to bring it up.

He's light skinned (mixed racially Black / white) with thick black hair. He asked so I bought the supplies with him, and DH walked him through the process. He started shaving his mustache at 12 and sometime last year needed to also get his chin. Now at 14 he's also doing cheeks. He's a hairy kid, I guess.