Celine Dion's SON looks like a girl!

[nuke]

It's just hair. Not something I would chose for my family but I'm not his mom. My son can't stand his hair to touch his ears! He has his head buzzed 90% of the time.

 

[crazee4mickey]

When I first saw the picture I thought "I didn't know she had a daughter!" then I read the caption, looked at the picture thinking I read it wrong, looked at caption then picture again and just shook my head!
Whatever, its there kid

 

[disneyfan67]

It looks very strange to me. I looked at it and first thought what a nice picture of Celine Dion and her daughter, I really did. The shirt is very girlish also. Some women love long hair on men and you will see a lot of them let their son's hair grow long because they think it's cute or just like the look. It's like their trying to make their son into the "rock star cool guy" they knew in high school. I have seen it many times over the years and I call it the "Bon Jovi" syndrome. It's like they don't realise that high school is over and what we wore and how we looked while attending it, isn't considered the norm by today's standards.

I was at a wedding rehearsal dinner about 12 years ago and one of the bridesmaids had brought her 5 year old son to the event. This kid had such long hair and it was poofed up by gel or White rain hair spray and it looked like he was trying out for the lead singer of Winger or Bon Jovi. The mother thought it looked so cool and made sure everyone knew it. She did say don't mention his hair or talk about it to him, because he's very sensitive and will get upset. I had a few drinks in me at the time and said to her, if he's so sensitive about it, why not just cut his hair and be done with it? I guess my remark went over like a fart in church.

 

[antmaril]

I think he looks ridiculous. Why is she asking him if he wants a haircut? Be the parent and take the boy to a barber for crying out loud.

 

[lecach]

You know, I bet the magazine wouldn't have mentioned in the headline "her son" if he didn't look so much like a girl and have a girlish name. They KNEW that people would think it was a girl.

I don't get it - I would never do that to my son. But rich people do all kinds of crazy things.

 

[disneyaggie]

all Im going to say is "Oh My!!"

Me, too!

 

[JunieJay]

I think he's kinda cute!

I'm weird.

My boys have buzzcuts because they inherited their Dad and my stick straight hair. It wouldn't look good long. I like curly/wavy hair worn long on boys. He does look a bit girly, but who cares? If he likes it, its fine by me.

 

[littleteapot]

That is why my son is not allowed to have long hair until after puberty!

Yep, if they want to after 13 or so fine. But dh would freak if someone thought my boys were little girls.

 

[minnieandme]

Another vote here that says he looks like a girl. Are they afraid to get his hair cut?

 

[Nancy]

I don't have sons but when my girls were younger their hair was cut the way I wanted becuase I was the one taking care of it. Once they were able to wash, dry and style on their own then they had a say...but Mom still had veto power if they had decided to do anything "weird" to it. My girls are now 14, 17 and soon to be 19...and I don't have any say anymore in the older 2 (cause they pay for their own), I still have a small amount of say with the 14 year old. Luckily my kids have never had to have me veto anything

 

[NikiM20]

Well it could be worse.........it could be a MULLET

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

It's like they don't realise that high school is over and what we wore and how we looked while attending it, isn't considered the norm by today's standards

You should go to some current high schools then. Walking onto my kids campus is like entering a timewarp back to my high school days in the 70's. My DS's best friend (national honor society, top10%) has the most beautiful golden blond hair down to his midback. I would kill for that hair. Even in our elementary schools, most boys have chin length or longer hair. Finding a kid with hair above the ear would be difficult at best in the elementary schools around here. Showing your ears is just "not cool." The other big thing in elementary school is putting highlights into your hair (boys). My 5th grader went from having a buzz cut most of his elementary days to now sporting just below the ears cut with the front bangs and top highlighted. (I pick my battles and hair is not one of them)


And for demographics sake - we are a very WASPish (unfortunately -would love to see more diversity) upper middle class to upper class community.

Seeing hair above the ears is the exception, not the norm anymore. So, long hair on boys is making a huge comeback and it is considered the norm by today's standards in all the schools from elementary to high school around here.

 

[disneyaggie]

I remember years ago I dated a guy in high school who had hair just to his collar. My mom bought him barrettes for Christmas. True story!

Good thing he had a great sense of humor (and he knew deep down my mom really did like him).

 

[bjgrazi]

Seeing hair above the ears is the exception, not the norm anymore. So, long hair on boys is making a huge comeback and it is considered the norm by today's standards in all the schools from elementary to high school around here.

Same here, I was amazed at how long some of the boys were wearing their hair. Last night was my Nieces prom and a few of the Mom's were upset because the boys didn't get haircuts.

 

[Tomader]

I'm sure he will love that picture when he looks back on it one day? Just because you have money I don't think that gives you the right to mess up your kids. I would think kids would make comments about the way he looks. I personally think it is just mean.

 

[Beth76]

My younger son had 3 haircuts before he was one, so no way was I going to let an infant make that decision.

 

[Crankyshank]

He's a very good looking boy. I don't like his hair though. It goes to show you that Celine has an entourage though. I don't know any mother of typical boys that would allow their son's hair to grow that long that young because of the constantly having to cut things out of it

When a child is that young, I really think it's up to the parents to decide how it's to be cut and styled, since they're the ones having to brush it and style it for the most part. Once the child is old enough to care for their own hair, then I think they should be able to make decisions about their hair.

 

[LotsOfQuestions]

What beautiful eyes he has...now the hair, well that is another thing. I think it is to long. He is very lucky that he probably does not have to attend a public school. I think he would be picked on.

He would fit in rather nicely in our upper-middle-class public schools. He only needs to put some highlights in it to really be "cool".

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

After having two girls and dealing with long hair, I was relieved to have a boy and keep his hair short!

He's 14 now, and has long hair, but has very tight curls (so it's above his shoulders, dry). It's his trademark, and he loves it. I've adjusted. My mother (84) thinks I should make him get it cut. (She thinks all boys should have crewcuts and all girls should have pageboys. ) DS had a little trip to the ER last weekend, and the nurse was asking the EMT "DId she hit her head? Did she lose conciousness?" And I said "Um...that's my SON." Guess he didn't notice the beginnings of facial hair...if he was a girl, he'd be a girl with a hormone problem.

In his middle school, there are boys with buzzed hair, and there are boys with longer hair, but not like Celine's son that I know of. If Celine and her son want it long, then that's fine. *I* don't like the look, but then again, I don't think *they* care what *I* like. Just don't get all up in arms if people think he's a girl.

 

[freckles and boo]

I'm sure he will love that picture when he looks back on it one day? Just because you have money I don't think that gives you the right to mess up your kids. I would think kids would make comments about the way he looks. I personally think it is just mean.

I seriously doubt anyone is forcing him to have long hair. NO HAIRCUTS FOR YOU, RENE!!! (in a French Canadian accent, of course!) And how many of us don't look back at those pictures from our glorious childhoods and cringe on occasion? Perms, big dorky glasses, braces, feathered hair, scabs, zits, peter pan collars, ugly sweaters... we all regret our parents made us wear our hair certain ways or put us in hideous clothes. Judging appearances, especially the appearance of a child, is pretty shallow.