I like to think that I'm a pretty hip parent. My kid has legwarmers with little skulls on them, and we rock out to the Johnny Cash Family Album and eat hummus and shit like that. But still - I see a toddler with long shiny hair and I immediately assume, girl. Maybe it's because I have issues about my own daughter's inability to grow hair; maybe it's because I have a subconscious need to act out in reponse to every granny who has ever asked me how old my skirt-clad boy is. Whatever it is, I just kinda don't get why a mother would want her toddler boy to have prettier hair than she has.
I mean, Kate Hudson's kid is totally adorable and all that, but he looks like a totally adorable girl. Does she put it in pigtails when it gets messy? Does he like having it brushed? Does he ever wear barrettes to keep it out of his eyes? WHADDUP?
I know, I know - down with gender stereotypes and all that, but really? Is this about subverting gender stereotypes or about wanting one's kid to be the hippest little rocker on the block?
Does it matter? No. I'm just cranky. I'm having a bad hair day.