Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Kids today...I don't get it.
Last week-end, I was up in Michigan for a few hours and my nephew, The Spud, who was once such a cute little kid, is now sixteen years old, and he has dyed his hair red and grown it out to the point that, from the back, he looks like that chick from the Wendy's commercials.
Can anyone with a kid explain kids to me?
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Nope! Can't be explained by anyone with teenage kids because in the eyes of the kids, the parents have no brains, no cool. Therefore, if they have no brains and no cool, how can they explain something done by persons with all the smarts and all the cool in the world. Can't be done.
ReplyDeleteHowever, there will come a time in most teenager and parent's life where the pendulum swings back towards the middle and both parties regain a modicum of brains and couth with respect to the other. That day happened for me on May 19th 2011 when my Daughter landed at Dakar in Senegal. That, however, is another story.
No help here ML!
ReplyDeleteWho's he hanging out with generally tells the story bro, but as I recall from the theory of adult learning the average males brain isn't fully developed until age 25.
ReplyDeleteJust remember the packaging is not what is important, it is the human inside. My hair was so long I usually kept it braided. Drove my parents nuts. Many years later, I am a good conservative gun owning American. My Kid (31 this year) put me through some changes too. Dyed his hair bright blue the night befiore his first day at school out in the valley. Now though he is a solid citizen, chef, and turned out decent as the result of guidence from me, and other close friends and relatives that saw through the "rebellion". Just be there to provide the guidence.
ReplyDeleteWeird, yeah, but not a big deal. Don't sweat it! Remember it's only temporary...
ReplyDeleteHey Murphy,
ReplyDeleteJust a "stage" as long as he don't go for the body piercing in the ears and nose and things like that....then I wouldn't worry about it.
Heh, my son had a "eyebrow" ring.. Fairly subtle I guess. We went to Ontario for my brothers wedding. The Canadian farmers lit into him big tiime..."Hey Eyebrow"... Not long after we got back it just kinda disappeared...Nobody was "mean" about it, but sure made him self conscious. They all grow up sooner or later.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about Spud's DNA, but if he has that gene that I and many men carry on our Y chromosome (or rather, do not carry on our X chromosome), maybe it isn't so bad if he is getting creative with his hair while he still has it. Given the experience on both sides of my family, I am amazed that I have kept as much of my own for as long as I have (though I seems to be getting up to speed of late).
ReplyDeleteWhat I am totally clueless over is the part about Wendy's and the Wendy's girl.
If his mother's father has male pattern balding, let him enjoy his hair while it lasts. Also, let him get it out of his system before he has to go for a job interview. Count your blessings if that is the only weird thing he does.
ReplyDeleteNope, not EVEN going to try...
ReplyDeleteHaha! Call him a Ginger Snap. It could be worse. At least all that is not permanent.
ReplyDeletei guess i might be the youngest here.
ReplyDeletecrazy colors while a teen? crazy lengths? one could say he's rebelling, but really he's exploring his ownership of his body. if he can't go all crazy with the colors and the lengths as a teen, when can he? this is the time people can get away with it!
besides, if he's a decent kid otherwise, who cares what he looks like? he'll figure out about appearances and how people respond soon enough.
I was having the same thought Laura, could be worse, he could be graduating from college and trying to find a job! Mind, telling him he looks like the Wendy's chick might just fix the issue all by itself......
ReplyDeleteMy husband has hair as long as I do (which isn't short), but he doesn't dye it. Course, on him it looks imposing rather than silly. I do know some guys who shouldn't do long hair.....
It's a phase. Get pictures. You can have a lot of fun with those 20 years from now.
ReplyDeleteNot that I've ever done that...