Filed under: Teens & tweens, In the newsThe list of infractions resulting in kids as young as middle school getting suspended could curl your hair: drugs, bringing in weapons, bomb threats, physical violence, having sex under the bleachers, etc.
So hearing about a kid getting suspended due to having pink hair seems a bit ....tame.
Twelve-year-old Amelia Robbins lost her father to cancer six years ago. In his honor, she had pink streaks put in her hair at the end of the school year. School administrators warned her not to do it again, but Amelia, with her mother's permission, started out this year at her Missouri school with a full head of pink . To Amanda, pink is the "cancer color. " To the school administrators, however, pink hair is a distraction and the seventh grader has been suspended.
There are many things that can cause distractions in middle school. A little girl with pink hair seems pretty low on the list and it's not even dangerous or a life changing decision like having unprotected sex or doing drugs.
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Kids have surprisingly short attention spans and after the murmers the first day, pink hair probably wouldn't even be noticed among the student body. Amelia had a reason for the color (to honor her father) it's not harmful to others, and she had parental permission. Even if the entire school ends up being comprised of kids with rainbow-colored locks, will it really affect their education? When it comes to picking battles, I'm not sure this one is worth fighting.
It's hair, not heroine. But what do you think?
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