4 Year Old Girl Kicked Out Of Preschool For Having Pink Hair

[matcom]

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A 4-year-old Uvalde girl was banned from her pre-school because of her hair color.

Natalyn Gracia loves her pink hair and so does her dad, Ricardo, but the Dalton Early Childhood Center calls her extreme and she's missed the last four days of school because of it.

Ricardo had her hair dyed for a school parade back in October. But, he said, he never got the warning letter that came two weeks later.

If he had, he would not have had her hair re-pinked over the Christmas break.

A spokeswoman for the school said they are working with Ricardo to make sure the girl is under compliance with the schools rules, which means she has to lose the pink hair.

"I think it's being too harsh, too abusive," Richard said.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA020107.pink.hair.KENS.417c0402.html

[LostinVA]

1. Give me a frigging break

Great lesson on neo-conformity.

[LaraMN]

2. I would not send my kid to that preschool.

That's just stupid.

[NewJeffCT]

3. that is pretty harsh

Does Colonel Klink run the school there?

[ThomCat]

4. Who the fuck cares what color someone's hair is?

How does that cause a problem for anyone? What business is it of the school's?
x(

[LynzM]

6. I agree.

But you'd be amazed... especially in the midwest, where my SIL's high school forbades any haircolor not on the natural spectrum, or some such.

Personally, I really loved shocking people by having purple hair and being intelligent. It doesn't soak into the brain cells... :P

[ThomCat]

9. The sole purpose of shitty rules like that

are to enforce arbitrary authority and obedience. x(

I'll bet you looked awesome with purple air. :)

[LynzM]

12. Here, I'll let you be the judge!

:) (I think that there's something to be said for cleanliness, but as long as that's all set, there is very little appearance-wise that would really make me judge someone harshly. KKK or Nazi tattoos would do it, or full facial tattoo with lots of facial piercings, a la the pic circulating the internet a year or two ago.)

[ThomCat]

14. You definitely looked cool.

But you look sexier now. :)

[LynzM]

16. Awww....

Thanks! :blush:

[petronius]

20. Smokin' hot! Now please tell me you all didn't get out that fire extinguisher

just because there was a candle burning. (That would be taking the old boy scout motto just a step too far... :rofl:)

[LynzM]

22. LOL, nope!

That was at a function held in... a bar? A meeting room? Don't really remember the particulars, but it was definitely a public space in Germany, and I think the fire extinguisher is pretty standard! :rofl:

[mondo joe]

5. Damn, I'd hate that preschool. At ours the teachers had pink and green hair.

We loved them!

[Left Is Write]

7. I do not understand any school's hair color restrictions.

WHO CARES what color hair someone has? Really? Who cares? How big a "distraction" could it possibly be?

[skygazer]

8. Because you can't learn anything if you have pink hair

:sarcasm:

What possible difference could it make? :wtf:

[liberal hypnotist]

10. Stop Pinkos Young!

First, pink hair and then what? A society of free-thinking individualists? Support "herd mentality".

[Ariana Celeste]

11. Oh Jeez.

I got that a lot in school.

"You're pentacle offends and distracts people."

"Your hair color distracts people."

"Your spikes distract people and could take an eye out."

"Your chain could be used as a weapon."

"Your trench coat scares people."

Umm, no. People just don't like the "freaks" and apparently neither do school officials. They are little kids for Chrissakes. I'm sure it was distracting the first day, but come on. Let the kids have some fun.

[LynzM]

13. You know the other reason they don't like it?

Because then kids come home and ask their parents why they can't do it, and parents are stuck trying to explain why they won't let their kids express themselves that way.

[Ariana Celeste]

18. You're probably right!

I had a friend in high school who had to keep all of his jewelry stashed in his car to put on and take off at school. :eyes:

Funny thing though, despite my difference in appearance most of my friends' parents loved me. ;)

[RetroLounge]

15. That's bullshit...

My son and daughter goes to grammar school and after school daycare.

She wears blue, purple, red streaks in her blond hair, depending on her mood.

His hair is long and he gets mistaken for a girl quite a bit.

But no one says anything, and no one is distracted.

Fuck that arbitrary conformity.

RL

[bleedingheart]

17. There are a number of issues here...

First, I don't agree with the school kicking the kid out for the hair color....BUT..

1. This is apparently a private pre-school...and even if you pay for the education...you have to play by the private school's rules.
My kid's went to private pre-school/daycare and there were rules that had to be followed, however the only thing that would get you kicked out was recurring violence.

2. Dyeing a young child's hair is a bad thing to do...ask any cosmetologist and they will tell you that dyeing and perming young children's hair is a bad thing.

In fact, any good hair stylist wouldn't do it.

[LeftyMom]

21. There are some dyes that are temporary and not harmful,

there's a kids hair salon near me that routinely lets kids pick out temporary color to streak in as part of their package. My guess is they're using something like that that's pretty much food color in a conditioner, meant to soak into hair and then slowly wash out.

[Shakespeare]

19. Like the chick in the E-surance commercial?

Her pink hair rocks; makes me want to dye mine pink.

[Ariana Celeste]

23. pink hair is fun! :D