My son is just the opposite. He is very in tune with what's cool (for his age group). He wanted his hair cut to 16th of an inch all last year. But he was born with hair past his shoulders, I just couldn't stand the thought of him with no hair. I kept telling him the day after the last day of school. Then we moved before the last day, so it took him until midsummer to realize that he'd missed. Promptly had his head shaved. It grew in and he had that long on the top, short on the sides all school year. He just got his summer cut last week. It's 1/2 inch.