Reporting from the front lines of American parenting, I am starting to pick up on a trend of tweenage and early-teen boys getting their hair permed in secret. I’m not here to judge, only to observe. Anyone else seeing this?

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I have a brother 6 years older than me. When he was in grade 11 (1980) he got a perm. And an earring. My dad nearly had an anneurism. 😅 But maybe there is something broader to it at that age? Or he was just way ahead of his time, and that wouldn't surprise me either.