My mother-in-law snuck my 5-year-old son out of kindergarten to shave off his golden curls: what my husband handed her at Sunday dinner left her speechless.
My son has the most beautiful golden curls you’ve ever seen in your life. My mother-in-law had been complaining about them for months. Last Thursday, she did something about it. She had no idea what those curls actually signified, nor did she have any idea what was coming for her at Sunday dinner.
My five-year-old son, Leo, has golden curls that catch the light when he runs. To me, they were the most perfect thing in the world. To my mother-in-law, Brenda, they were apparently a problem that needed solving.
Brenda has always had very firm ideas about how children should look. She made comments every time she saw Leo. She would say cruel things like: “He looks like a little girl.” “Boys shouldn’t wear their hair like that.”
My husband, Mark, would stop her in her tracks every time. “Leo’s hair is not up for discussion, Mom.”
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