My mother-in-law secretly took my 5-year-old son out of kindergarten to cut off his golden curls: What my husband served her at Sunday dinner left her without words.
My five-year-old son Leo had the kind of golden curls people noticed instantly. Everywhere we went, strangers complimented them. Teachers loved them. Family friends adored them. To me, those curls were simply part of who he was. But to my mother-in-law, Brenda, they were a problem. For years, she complained about them. “Boys shouldn’t have…