Kids acting grown gets grown haircut

Talk about a bad hair day. One barber has started offering a free haircut for misbehaving kids that he calls the Benjamin Button Special. A fitting title, since it makes little kids look like old men.

Russell Frederick, the co-owner of A-1 Kutz outside Atlanta and a father of three, told the Washington Post on Tuesday that he gave his 12-year-old son the cut last fall when his grades fell. After the new look, Frederick said, the boy’s grades quickly skyrocketed.

The haircut emulates the look of a balding man, shaving off the crown of the head and keeping it on the sides and in back. On the A-1 Kutz Facebook page, the barbershop shares its reasoning for this unusual brand of discipline: “So you wanna act grown… now you can look grown too,” says the caption next to a picture of the unlucky Benjamin Button recipient that was posted last week.

So far, according to Frederick, A-1 Kutz has only had one taker besides his own son — a single mom looking for a punishment after her 10-year-old acted up at school. “There are a few people that are saying it’s emotional abuse,” Frederick told the Washington Post. “But on average, everyone is applauding the mother that brought the child in — and applauding me as well.” Yahoo

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