Can't find a good picture, but someone called it a "broccoli cut".

My SO calls it, "The Alpaca."

It reminds me of Lyle Lovett

Middle school boys here have been sporting that look for a couple of years...reminded me of the perms guys got when The Brady Bunch was on TV!! Around here they've moved on to a circle around their head of one large SWOOP. Looks ridiculous and takes a lot of flufffing!! Drives me crazy all the touching of their hair they do!! Seems to me it's name is whatever famous person they are copying.

Omg my 14 year old grandson is obsessed with his hair. I was a hair stylist in another life, so spend a great deal of time heling him achieve the look he wants. Wish I could post his pic here, but don’t want to violate his privacy.. He has a style like you described but doesn’t want the curl. It’s like this only a bit looser over his forehead and a bit longer around the edges. I have spent a small fortune on product and appliances until he was finally satisfied with the look.

Here is a link to some popular styles and names: https://www.stylesrant.org/teen-boy-haircuts/

My 14 year old grandson and his buddies are wearing their hair respectably short on the sides and back but long and dead straight in the front. Freshly cut, his bangs touch his eyebrows but it sure doesn’t take long to actually cover his eyes. That’s when the battle begins.

Alpaca! Love it!

Yes, i see it on all the young boys now. Those with curly hair have an advantage! Ive seen a lot worse, in fact i think its kind of cute.

We never went through extreme styles of dress or hair with any of our kids.

My wife and I presented a uniform front in offering guidance to all of them, sons and daughters,, suggesting that the important impressions they needed to work hard to make on others would be made by what's inside them as people, not what's outside. What's outside can give the wrong impression, rightly or wrongly.

We weren't particularly strict but the advice was followed and did seem to work.

I don’t consider any of the current popular teen haircuts any more extreme than the duck tail, flat top, shag, crew cut, Beatles cut, hippie look, Afro, Mullet, etc. were.

When our son was in K, we hosted two French teen boys on a summer homestay program. They were so different from one another. One of them had very short hair, kind of crew cut like, and he spent half an hour in the bathroom doing his hair, with product and spray. It ws a hoot. Parisian, he was.

My boys never went there. They look after their hair, but I don’t see them doing ”styles”. I remember my younger brother wanting a Beatles haircut, fortunately it was 1965 and he was 4. I do think the Alpaca is kind of cute!

My 13 yr old nephew was sporting that style. I thought he would give himself neck problems from all of the flipping. Then he just seemed rake his fingers through it every 30 seconds. At least it was fairly tidy.

Now he has a severe buzz cut. I'm not sure if that's for sports or summer.

Call me old fashioned but I never liked long hair on boys or men. I once mistook my nephew for my niece because his hair was longer than hers

" I thought he would give himself neck problems from all of the flipping. "

Exactly what I had in mind. I see many adults, more women than men, who seem to touch, rearrange, or play with their hair incessantly. Maybe I'm a minority but I think it diminishes the the person's gravitas and impression made on others who see the fidgeting.

I've always preferred long hair on boys and men, and when I was a child, I hated having my hair cut because I wanted to grow it long. I had beautiful blond hair as a small child, but it did not look good cut short. My father used to make me get a crewcut as a child, and I would then wear a paper sack over my head. After two or three summers of feeling humiliated, he finally stopped making me get a crewcut. My brother Mike would get a buzzcut, and perhaps that was enough to satisfy my father.

I don’t understand parents who bully their children about appearance regarding something as innocuous and harmless as hairstyle. Setting rules about keeping it clean seems reasonable. Forcing a parent’s taste on a kid who has his or her own preferences seems unnecessary

Totally agree Oly. It is just hair. Particularly on young adults it seems mostly harmless self-expression. I actually like the Alpaca look so maybe that's swaying me.

What did they say? If you can cut it off, grow it out, shave it, or take it off, don't make a big fuss. Choose your battles.

I see many adults, more women than men, who seem to touch, rearrange, or play with their hair incessantly. Maybe I'm a minority but I think it diminishes the the person's gravitas and impression made on others who see the fidgeting.

So strange. God only knows what they think of you, dude.

" I don’t understand parents who bully their children... "

If you're referring to me, my kids were hardly bullied. Think of sports teams - they were coached, the decisions and consequences were mostly theirs to make and deal with.

Maybe what I described is unfamiliar to you because you didn't do anything similar or didn't have children you raised to adulthood.

" what they think of you, dude. "

Thanks for your concern. As far as the ones I encountered in my own professional career, those with this and other immature or awkward habits typically didn't last long. They made poor impressions on clients and colleagues and were not seen as professional in their conduct.

As far as good manners are concerned, here's a hint for you. In that we're not both 16 year old fellow 'bros, please don't feel free to disrespectfully call me "dude".

Contrary to your belief, Elmer, you are not the center of the universe. Not every comment refers to you., tho if the shoe fits. However it may explain why so many threads become derailed by you making them about you.

Too bad I gave you an opportunity to attack for the umpteenth time. Classier would have been to say "no, I wasn't referring to you". If you're suggesting I have a reputation, you can be sure you do too.

Generally, I prefer longer hair on men. Never been a fan of crew cut or short combed hairstyles. have 4 handsome grandsons. They all opt for a longish coifed hair style. At 11 years old to 22 years old, they make their own hair style choices. The two teenage grandsons sport the long in front tossled down the forehead hairstyle which is so popular today. One has beautiful soft curls that cascade to above his eyebrows. The other has thick straight which falls to just short of totally obstructing his vision. Both look great and adorable. Ironically the fathers of the boys wear their hair in a short conservative cut.

Lol, lecturing ME about class! I'll go back to ignoring you.

Gracias!

When my son, now almost 50, wanted a Mohawk years ago, I said, "Fine, Go ahead. You're the one who doesn't like people staring at you."

I really didn't care. It's just hair. It grows back. But he never got one.

Dude, take a chill pill.

Lars,

I had that hair style as a 10-year old ( or so) girl. It was called a D.A. for short!

I loved it, but my thin hair didn't hold up the "A" part very well!

When my okder son was in high school the style was like the guy on WKRP In Cincinnati, long and sort of feathered back. Like this guy

He would achieve the look by hanging his head out the window of the car. Like others, when he was that age, I picked my battles. Hair wasnt worth arguing about.

Ded, my younger brother did that style too. He looked just like Shaun Cassidy.

Interesting discussion, but is there a name for this, other that "Alpaca"?

Think what women could have achieved over the ages if they didn't have to keep fussing with their HAIR all the time. It's like the footwear that has hobbled women over centruries. Boys and men don't know the advantages they have!

Men do not usually shave legs and underarms. Why do women? Just to look like preadolescents? So you are not sexual unless you look about 8 years old?

I choose to shave pits so there's less to stink. The rest of your comment is ridiculous, but then you know that.

My son is sporting a semi-mullet currently. He's lucky and has great hair for it (brown and thick and wavy)and although I like his hair shorter-I've told him to go for it, because when he gets out of school and a real job-he'll need to look more professional.

A lot of the younger guys shave their legs now. My son and all his friends shave their legs, especially those who work out. Not everyday, like most woman-but frequently. They don't shave their armpits though. Boy, have times changed.

I personally, was never attracted to hairy men, but back in my day, guys didn't shave their legs-so I was always attracted to the lighter-haired guys, who didn't seem to be so hairy.

Sushipup - I believe the hairstyle you’re seeing is the “wet mop.” It’s pretty ubiquitous.

I wore my son's hair long when he was a child much to the chagrin of my conservative parents. He had long blonde hair cut like JFK Jr's, and when he went to my parents for a week in the summer he always came home with a haircut. They've been dead for years but I wonder what they'd think of their old grandson now with a man bun. And he shaves his legs because he's a mountain biker who rode 8000 miles last year.

teen boys => butch [what I always got as a teen]

I chose to pick my battles and haircut/styles wasn't one of them. I just viewed it as a chance for them to individualize their appearance and style. We just required that their hair was kept neat and clean.

DS1 started to grow out his hair in grade 9 and it got down to his shoulder blades. We were taking the kids to Europe the summer he was entering grade 12 and gently suggested that he cut it a little shorter. He did and we were all happy.

DS2 used to have a buzz cut and I would bleach his hair so yes, I contributed to my kids rebellious nature. Then he wanted to have art shaved into the back of his buzz cut using a razor and we took him to a specific stylist for that. One time he wanted to have a shooting star cut in and it looked amazing and another time it was the logo of our NHL team. The art brought smiles to a lot of people.

Oh and my kids grew up to be normal, happy productive members of our community and their hair is completely normal for their age and careers.

In the 50s/ 60s the curls or waves spilling over the forehead were called waterfalls. DA was reference to the back of the hairstyle not the front. They could still have a waterfall with the back of the head in cut in a fade, blocked or in a ducktail.

That was the old pompadour from the 50's. Think Travolta in SNF.

My son wore his hair longish in elementary school. He went to a sleep over and someone cut his hair while he slept. That was around 6th grade. The night of the Loma Prieta earthquake. He vowed to never cut his hair again as long he was in school after that. Kept his word. Kept it clean and in excellent condition, and grew it well below his shoulders. In high school he wore a long black oilskin duster, black jeans and black lace up boots every day topped with a leather drover's hat. Oh yeah, rings. Large silver rings on most of his fingers LOL. This was before the black coats became connected with the school shootings in the later 90's. He was quite the character. Being a big guy, over 6 feet, he looked quite intimidating but wasn't prone to violence unless it was necessary. He wasn't a pushover when it came to bullies. Hung one on a fence one time. However several teachers and staff who looked beneath the layers, commented to me on how he had such a great nature and how kind, helpful and artistic he was. He refused to take a senior picture and instead bought a whole yearbook page to control his own content thanking those who influenced and helped him outside of school which included theater people, engineers and computer guys.

Although that was his school uniform, around the age of 16 he started to dress a bit different outside of school. He met an older gal who worked at a restaurant he'd go to after hours and she took him under her wing, bought him a few nice gifts of clothing and taught him how to shop, search out quality at bargain prices, and with their friendship he learned about how women operate. About the same time he went to his first computer conferences and came back with a suit he had to buy to attend some fancy event one night, and silk boxers. LOL

Cut his hair shortly after high school and is still quite fashion conscious even to this day. He tends to shorter hairstyles but always styled. Successful, hard working, a devoted husband, an excellent cook and a bit of a wildlife "whisperer", always ready to help someone in need. Came home at night a bit battered some times after chasing down a purse snatcher or defending some lady friends honor. He grew into a tough, protective male with a big heart. He did it his way. That's how it's done.

" He did it his way. That's how it's done. "

Opinions on any matter vary and mine seem to be quite different from yours from what you've described in this comment.

I'm glad for your son and your family that there was a form of positive outcome. Leaving substantive decisions and choices with long term consequences to children lacking tools and significant experience to deal with them, and assuming they will make well-reasoned decisions leading to good outcomes, isn't a formula for success. Very often, the result is the opposite.

Guidance over dominance. Kids gain tools by decision making and experiencing life fully, learning who they are while parents are still there as a safety net. Being told what to wear and not allowing freedom of choices leads to people becoming closed minded compliant drones who either retreat into themselves or become online bullies due their utter lack of self esteem which never was allowed to flourish.

I agree with that to a point. Parental guidance of growing and maturing humans by necessity can involve explaining (and "selling") ultimate boundaries. Some of the things you describe his doing suggest the lane lines were more lax or absent, thus different, from what we did.

No one right or wrong way.