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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
because I could have easily been focused on it. playing with my hair like I do now.. oh I twirl my ponytail in meetings, stroke it like a cat.... it's distracting :P
It's a distraction to me to see others with it because I may not be allowed to do so. It's about equalizing, my father would never have let me grow my hair to it's length now. So when I saw people with long hair as a teen, I always coveted it.[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]
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Okay, I can understand that.
But, 1. isn't there some merit to the idea that children need to accept that their parents may have limits that others don't have?
and 2. how is it equalizing if other children are being asked to conform to your parents ideals? Doesn't sound very equal to me.
The only way to equalize would be to insist that all children wear the same thing. Back to uniforms.
Of course, ideally people would just mind their own business and deal with it. It's the behavior and academics that are important, and as far as I'm concerned if a child is being harrassed by another for the way they look, only one of them is displaying a behavior problem.