I gave my boy a new hair cut and color.I thought this would be fun for the summer.What do you think?

You can't see the color too well,but I dyed it black with red tips.The red's a little brighter in person.I love it,but I'm kinda weird.Most of the people who I ask say they like it.I can understand why people wouldn't though.Do you think it's wrong to do a 3 year old's hair this way?Would you do it to your child?

This is him before.Wich do you prefer?It's not the best pic,but I have so many on photobucket that it would take me forever to go through them all to find a really good one!

He's a really good looking kid,no matter what,of course!The new cut really fits his personality!He's a wild one!

i think its adorable. When my friends son was a baby she used to give him little mohawks with his baby hair. it was the cutes thing.

I think it's awesome!!  And one of the advantages of having a boy vs. having a girl.  Like you said, it will grow back in no time if he decides he doesn't like it.  My daughter cut he long hair to chin length and hated it almost immediately and it's taken nearly two years to grow back to the length it was before she cut it.

Your son has a cool haircut and a supercool mom!!

I don't want to rain on the parade, but I have to say be careful with box hair dye (especially permanant), young kids have very sensitive skin and could easily have an adverse reaction (the chemicals are very harsh, especially with darker colours) or develop an allergy. Being a person who spent a night in the hospital on an IV and steroids after an adverse reaction to hair dye (after having been dyeing my hair all colours of the rainbow for 5 years, no less), I can't help saying it.

To avoid nasty chemicals... henna dye super rules the known universe!

But otherwise... cool beans! More parents need to have more fun like that and spend less time worrying about what other people will say or think!

oh you hit a nerve here. My 9-year-old was asking for a mohawk, but I just couldn't do it.  I have always said to myself that it's their hair and they can wear it however they want, but when push came to shove, I couldn't just ignore the social ramifications of such an extreme haircut.  I think I can deal with anything in the realm of "normal" in terms of short/long/layerd/clippered, but I have a hard time with bald or mohawk type thing.  No rational reason.  Except that I know that not everyone is open-minded about such things and the poor kid doesn't need to be judged for something as stupid as a radical hair cut. 

It may be wrong, but I think something like that is very much still perceived and associated with "anti social" or rebellious people.  My son already has a gaggle of social and coping issues and sometimes barely functions in school -- he doesn't need the overt or hidden discrimination that is associated with a funky haircut.  Probably the same reason I would never allow my male child to get an earring or any child to get non-typical piercings.  The social barriers may be wrong or artificial or snobby or whatever, but they are still there.  And I think it is better to wait until my child is actually old enough to possibly understand those barriers before letting him be subject to the prejudices associated with them.

Now for a 3-year-old that's just going to be hanging out at home and is likely oblivious to other people's reaction and really won't be affected other than funny stares at the grocery store, I might feel differently.  Or maybe if I'd thought about it for my son at the beginning of the summer so he could have it for the summer and be back to normal by school i maybe could have stomached it.  But then we would have had the same issue if he wanted it done for school.

I also am not fond of hair color for kids - but more along the lines of girls getting highlights/new color.  Just too grown up in my opinion.  And kids hair is so beautiful as is -- why muck with it?

I personally wouldn't give my child that hair cut but I'm kind of conserative-ish.  However, I think he looks adorable!  A little punk rocker   He's a very cute kid!!
I would probably give my son a faux hawk

And since he's a boy and it's "just hair", it's not really a big deal!  You can easily shave it all off if he decides he doesn't like it.  It's temporary!

eta: I guess the only way I would consider this "wrong" is if he didn't want the haircut and you forced him to have it.

oh yeah strangeduck -- no problem with temporary "fun" color.  Its more "i want to be a blond" thing that I just can't swallow for younger kids.  Mainly from a psychological standpoint, but also no need to start damaging their hair so early.

what is a "faux" mohawk?  maybe that's a possibility I need tucked in my back pocket.

I know alot of schools have dress code, so that's probably the age limit.

As far as social ramifications, I'm not sure that there would be many amongst their peers, especially in the elementary school age who would think it's cool. 

The color isn't permanent, it's summer, he's only 3, and it'll grow back before school. I don't see any problem with it because he looks happy. I bet he feels so cool! At his age he won't think it makes him "tough" or anything like that - he'll just remember it as a cool thing mom did for him one summer. He isn't going to go out and pierce his nose, buy baggy jeans, and worship satan just because of his hair. xD

Now that I see a faux-hawk, I personally feel that's much more age appropriate.  Remember, I'm the mod that TRIES to keep things PG-13 on here!  I don't feel kids should grow up before their time.   I feel that the extreme hair cut is better left for older kids, while the faux-hawk is cute and fun, and much more kid oriented.  I wonder that if you're not just letting him, but doing this type of hair style for him already, what if he chooses not to go back to normal hair?  What's next?  You said you'd never do any piercings unless the kid really wanted it.  Well, kids don't KNOW what they really want, or how to manage the "I wants!".  They may honestly believe they REALLY want to be pierced (just an example), but can they really make those decisions at such early ages?   I've seen MANY boys under the age of 13, or even 8, with their ear pierced.  And perhaps he's not going to go out and be wanting to be tattood, baggy jeans and all that, but isn't that progression?  If he's allowed to have such 'grown up/extreme' hair, why not the clothes and other modifications?   As I said, I'm very conservative and worry about kids not having a childhood, a simple life without worries, expectations and being judged on their outside physical appearance, whether natural or enhanced.

I think it looks pretty cool! Was it his choice? There's this photograph that I love of a little kid and his dad on a playground, and both have really awesome mohawks.

I guess the only thing with dying kids' hair is that they should at least want it done, rather then just you wanting to do it. Kids should have a chance to experiment with different styles and hair is a part of that.

I don't think that hair style is so comparable to tattoos or a piercing, because hair grows, and you can just cut out the color and you're back to normal, not left with a stain in your skin or a hole in your body. I think that kids should have a chance to try out different hair styles or clothing styles (maybe just with guidance from their parents?), but I think it should be their choice, and not their parents. I don't see anything wrong with kids dying or highlighting hair (Well, I HATE overly highlighted hair, it just looks silly) if it's their choice and they know that it's permanent or will at least leave their hair stained.

On a side note though, wasn't a little kid expelled from a private school for having a mohawk?

I think it's completely alright to make his hair like that as long as the dye isn't damaging, like you said, and the kid wants it.