The first haircut my dad gave me was in our old apartment. I was sitting on a stool in front of the corridor mirror, with a white bedsheet wrapped around my shoulders. I looked like a tiny ghost!
He placed a bowl on my head and carefully traced its edge with a pair of scissors. I don’t remember exactly how it turned out, but it must’ve been pretty bad because right after, he took me out to get some ice cream — a bribe for my forgiveness.
Ronald N Toll had the exact same experience, only he came out of it with a picture to prove it. Recently, Ronald shared it on Threads, sparking a wave of nostalgia as others chimed in with their own unforgettable childhood haircuts.
#1 Mom Cut My Bangs For Picture Day, 70s Edition
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#2 My Mom Teased My Hair. After Years Of Therapy, I Have Finally Forgiven Her
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#3 Mom Cut Our Bangs Early 60s Edition
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#4 I Spent The Night Before Sleeping With Those Grey Prickly Curlers In My Hair, For My Grade 3 School Photo. I Look Like A 70s Real Estate Receptionist
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#5 My “Dorothy Hamil” Haircut 😂🫣🤣
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#6 My Mother Insists That She Is Not To Blame. She Lies. Haircuts In The Kitchen
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#7 My Bangs Needed A Trim But I Took The Scissors To The Side Of My Head Instead
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#8 You Just Needed A Bobby Pin To Really Spruce Up The Bangs LOL
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#9 My Hair Was As Wide As My Mother’s Body! Grade Eight
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#10 Hmm, I Might Win This One. My Mom Gave Me A Mullet And Also A Perm, But Just On The Bangs
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#11 Not Me, My Wife
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#12 The Night Before My First Grade Picture Was Taken, I Decided To Give Myself My Own Haircut
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#13 My LEGO Lady Phase
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#14 Crimes Against Humanity
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#15 Nothing Says Childhood Quite Like A Home-Permed Dorothy Hamill Haircut
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#16 Sister Cut My Hair For Pictures And Hid The Hair In Her Little Purse So Noo One Would Know. 70s
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#17 My Mom Actually Was A Beautician In The 30’s But Only Did Perms And Sets. Obvi Not A Hair Cutter
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#18 I Feel Ya On That! (60s Edition)
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#19 Gotcha Beat!
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#20 1960’s. Why???? (I’m In The Middle)
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#21 My Kindergarten Picture 1975
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#22 Me – 1st Grade. I Was Supposed To Take The Sweater Off But I Forgot
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#23 Easter Bangs
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#24 1969. My Dad Would Cut My Hair With Fingernail Scissors (Iykyk). Silver Lining, They Let Me Go Without My Eyepatch For Pictures. It’s Amazing We Survived 🤣😬
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#25 Mom Gave Me An Ogilvie Home Perm Back In The 70s. But Let’s Be Honest, Nobody Was Looking At My Awful Curls. 🫣🕺🏻
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#26 Not A Homemade Haircut, But Scary 70’s Hair Nonetheless. I Look Like I’ve Been Cattle Prodded
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#27 My Mom Thought She Made A Good Choice With This Perm
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#28 I Think There’s A Whole Can Of Hair Spray In This One
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#29 Oh Yay! I Just Found This Gem And I Think I Fit Right In Here
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#30 2nd Grade: Pincurls (And A Mustard Color Dress)
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#31 Finnish Kid In Canada. All I Wanted Was To Be French Canadian Catholic So I Too Could Be Cute
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#32 My Dad Let Me Put Myself Together And I Was Apparently Allergic To Hairbrushes
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#33 Pretty Sure Gum Was Cut Out Of One Side Here
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#34 Bad Bangs 90s Edition
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#35 Not Sure Why I’m Wearing A Headband Except I Think They Were Popular In The 60’s
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#36 My Hair Still Flips This Way
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#37 Everybody’s Mom Did The Bangs. And I Guess I Have Always Had Cankles
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#38 Fifth Grade Circa 1970-71. My Shirt And Pants Matched. Horrid. Had Just Started Wearing Glasses. And The Hair!
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#39 I Think Mom Kept Trying To Get Them Straight Until She Couldn’t Cut Any More
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#40 My Husband. Those Bangs Were Covering A Forehead That Has “Grown” Over The Years
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#41 I’ve Got The 1980s Edition. Trimmed These Myself!
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#42 Dad With Kitchen Scissors – 90’s Style
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#43 Dad Felt The Need To Trim My My Bangs Before Each Picture Taking
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#44 Crooked Bangs, Crooked Bows. 1982
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#45 Mmhmm
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#46 I Cut My Own Bangs For My 4th Grade Picture. 🫤 60’s Edition
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#47 Farm Kids Didn’t Go To Stylists
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#48 I Always Had Boy Cuts
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#49 60’s Me By Mom
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#50 The 50s
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#51 Gee I’m Not Alone. Our Mothers Should Have Never Been Allowed To Own A Pair Of Scissors
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