MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
I don't think a 5 or 6 y/o kid gives a rat's behind about what haircut they have (I've raised 4 of them). If the parents have a problem with the school's rules than they are free to change schools. In my opinion, this is a case of parents choosing to confront the school and using their child as a means to do so.
There are other ways to go about changing the rules without drawing public attention toward your child. Short skirts, offensive T-shirts, toys that look like weapons, and knives brought just for lunch have all been banned. Schools do make rules. This is just a kindergartener, the place where teaching kids about the real world begins.
I don't know about where anyone else works, but where I work, I can't have a Mohawk, a long beard, T-shirts, etc.. If I can't work within those rules, I can work somewhere else. If I choose to do that, I don't think I'll be showing up at my next interview with a Mohawk. That's the real world.
Expressing one's self can be done within the rules. IMO, the teen years are the time for expressing one's self, 5 year olds need to be 5 year olds.
Hers something you wont see often, I agree with this.