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Sure. It's not a style I would ever choose, but it's just hair. It's not hurting anyone. The worst that can happen is people judge him and he either learns to stand up for his choice because he likes it more than he cares what people think, or he learns that maybe he's not cut out for such an alternative hair style and chooses to let it grow back (or shave it all off back to a buzz cut).

I think I'd be more likely to say yes to a mohawk on a young child than on an older teenager! My brother always wanted one, my mom always said no, and as soon as he turned 18 he started growing one out. He's now 25 and still has the mohawk, it's insanely long and usually bright green, and he refuses to cut it even when he's jobless (like he typically is) and know that it's holding him back. Can't wait for him to start acting like an adult...

So yes, I'd prefer my child hopefully get this out of their system when they're younger, haha!

I would be fine with my (hypothetical) kiddo having a "weird" or "extreme" haircut. I would find a mohawk in particular problematic though. Though one side of my family is First Nations, we're not Iroquois, and I feel that wearing that hairstyle solely as a fashion statement can be appropriating and erasing of that cultural heritage.

I'd be totally fine with it....my husband's a whole different story. He's threatened to shave our son's head if I ever bring him home with one, though!

Sure. Hair grows back.

As long as it didn't violate school dress code or cost more than a regular haircut, sure. Clothing (beyond appropriateness for weather/occasion) and haircuts are not battles I'm interested in fighting.

Sure! I think it's cute...even though I'd prefer a fauxhawk instead on him. I style one now with his baby hair sometimes!

@lilyofthewest: thank you for bringing this up. I honestly never considered the issue of mohawks as appropriation of iroquois culture. Food for thought.

i would let him do it!

I'm in the minority, I would say no. I'm not a fan. I'm sure at some point when he's a teenager, I won't have any say at all though.

@sarac: silly? Really?

As parents, we all have different hills we die on. What is silly to you is not silly to me and likely vice versa.

@lilyofthewest: I agree with you. Hair is a great way to explore self expression and I don't want to power struggle with them over something that falls into their bodily autonomy. But if it's my own child I feel responsible for teaching them the implications of appropriating styles from other cultures. And a Mohawk is one of those things. So there would be conversation and I would likely discourage it. If they are old enough to understand and have a discussion about it, they will probably also be old enough to make their own choice about it as well. I wouldn't forbid them from doing it. Because that doesn't seem helpful either. But hopefully they will at least learn something.