So the little guy, kindergarten fellow, thinks it is cool to have a mohawk haircut. Permissive parents say yes. School sends boy home. Outcry about "rights." Well, what if boy gets to do anything he thinks is cool? Will he not hit a wall someday, when cool smashes into obligations? For many people, young and not so young, looking different is cool. Getting drunk is cool. At some point you run into a wall of obligations, if you want to work, or stay out of jail. You can call it limits instead of obligations, but the end result is that you no longer get to do whatever you think is cool. For me, "cool" is being selfless, kind, anonymous in doing a good deed, or spending time in silence and solitude. Weird huh? No more so than a mohawk haircut, but a lot more productive in making the world a better place.
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I have a grand-guy, just turned 5 and about to go to kindergarten. His mom created his mohawk, to be cool or more to demonstrate differentness I think. He really doesn't have much say in the hair matter - rather he will be caught between parents and school - a pawn, not a leader in this decision. I feel an obligation to help this little guy, but how?
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