Born2BKing
Veteran
Let me put you on to a little Coli intel. Alot of these nikkas siding with the pops, are only doing it because the alternative is a black single mama. You ain't hear it from me though.Unless the kid had his hair dyed neon pink, eating candy for breakfast and having a hairstyle (within reason) are two vastly different concepts. His braids have zero impact on his health. If we use your example of emphasizing the importance of acclimating boys to the barbershop, and getting into a routine of getting haircuts, then the father could have simply taken his son in for a cleanup. Then he could have followed that up with a rational conversation with the son and mother that despite him not liking dreads, braids that as long as they stay clean and maintain then it shouldn't be a problem. If they can't keep that up, then we they come off.
A fathers word can be law, but laws have to make sense.