"Neither my husband nor I ever had hair like my son's, but somehow he has curls that women would pay hundreds for at the salon. I would know, because I've been told so over and over again. His perfectly bouncy ringlets have become his signature look. You know Spencer by his hair. I'm always shocked when I look back at old photos to see how it's grown."
"He's gone from Bob Ross to Felicity. It undeniably makes him unique, and while he often gets mistaken for a girl, it doesn't particularly bother me (9 times out of 10, it's an older white woman who makes the mistake). However, it does seem to irk several of our family members. "When are you getting him a haircut?" The questioning, paired with passive-aggressive comments, has become almost as commonplace as "How are you?" And just when I start to consider it, we'll be out and about, and someone else will point out his gorgeous head of hair. The more I hear it from our family, the less I want to do it."
The parents lack naturally curly hair, yet their son Spencer has abundant, perfectly bouncy ringlets that draw repeated admiration. The curls have become Spencer's signature and make him visually unique; strangers sometimes mistake him for a girl. Several family members repeatedly pressure the parents to cut his hair, pairing questioning with passive-aggressive comments. The son attends a Jewish preschool where an Upsherin tradition delays cutting a boy's hair until age three. The parents did not plan to observe that custom but encountered its implied timeline. The son recently turned three and the family is also expecting a new baby, making change emotionally fraught.
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