Alicia Silverstone defends her 9-year-old son’s long hair

https://www.datalounge.com/thread/27443194-alicia-silverstone-was-crying-inside-as-son-bear-cut-his-long-hair

No matter how much we see our children as our own, they’re also individual people who should have autonomy over their own bodies. This can sometimes be a melancholy truth for parents when snuggly babies grow into big kids with lots of opinions. Alicia Silverstone just showed us how to handle it with grace when she posted a video of 9-year-old son Bear getting his long hair cut very short.

“Yes, It’s true. Bear cut his hair!!” Silverstone wrote on Instagram Sunday. “My baby’s growing up 😭💔 I miss his hair!!!!! Was it his decision? Yes. Did I cry inside as I watched him get it cut? Maybe… but did I try to stop him? Not for one second.”

OMG we are nearly crying ourselves at seeing those gorgeous locks chopped clean off in the video. But one look at Bear’s smile should erase any sadness. This is definitely not the case of a child getting a haircut because his parents are making him or because some bullies shamed him about gender norms.

“The reason he chose to keep it for as long as he did was because he loved it so much!!! He just wanted to try something new,” she explained. “Although I have a feeling he’ll find a way back to his long hair again in the future. No matter what though, I will always support my sweet, caring, and precious little boy in every decision he makes.”

Silverstone’s followers noted his haircut last week, when she posted a video of them visiting an animal sanctuary and cooking up a vegan meal for Thanksgiving. She waited a beat before sharing a peek at what went down at the salon.

Back in September, Silverstone had written about Bear’s reaction to being teased by some kids for his long hair on the bus to surf camp. (Of all the places for kids to be conservative about hair length!)

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alicia-silverstone-son-bear-haircut-234336343.html

The actress also set the record straight about why Bear chose to cut his hair in the first place. Initially, reports circulated that he made the choice after being bullied at school, but Silverstone makes it clear that was an unrelated incident. “One reporter totally made a false assessment of the situation. I had posted a story maybe a few months ago where I was talking about how proud I was of Bear, because he had had one day in his life where these kids were calling him a girl, and saying he wasn’t a boy. I was so impressed, because the next day we happened to have our hair appointment on the books, and when he walked in, the guy said, ‘What do you want do to do with your hair?’

“Bear said, ‘I want to grow it as long as I can,’” Silverstone continues. “‘I want to get it down to my waist.’ So the story I posted on my Instagram was about how proud I was that in the face of being made fun of this one time, he was like, ‘Screw you, my hair is amazing!’ I thought was pretty incredible, and I was proud of the little boy that he was. Then I also posted recently that he cut his hair, and someone decided that he cut it because of that incident. But that incident was like two-and-a-half years ago, and it's completely incorrect. So there you have it!”

The blind items seem to insinuate that the "Club" consists of actresses who want to raise their kids as transgender.

https://discussion.femalefirst.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=759936&start=60

59. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 04/06 **3**
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This A/A- list mostly movie actress is an Academy Award winner/nominee and the latest member of The Club. Halle Berry (Halle Berry responds to criticism after she posted video of son Maceo wearing her heels: 'Let's have a laugh and some compassion') ("The Club") (BLIND ITEM REVEALED 07/04/2019)

200. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 12/17 **9**
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This foreign born A-/B+ list mostly movie actress who is an Oscar winner/nominee is trying to withdraw from The Club because they want her to be more public and vocal. She is having a tough time doing that. ("The Club") (BLIND ITEM REVEALED 07/04/2019)
#1: Naomi Watts (Liev Schreiber) ("What a Pretty Girl". Naomi Watts' Son Is More And More Often Spotted Wearing Dresses)
#2: Sandra Bullock
#3: Charlize Theron (Charlize: My child I thought was a boy is... a girl! For the first time, the Hollywood actress reveals why her adopted child Jackson is wearing dresses. And her inspiration? Her own mother — who shot her father)
#4: Angelina Jolie (Shiloh, transgender child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, will soon begin hormone treatment)
#5: Scarlett Johoansson
#6: Megan Fox (Actress Megan Fox on Gender Neutral Children: Let Them Be Who They Are ...) (BLIND ITEM REVEALED 07/15/2019)