Parenting can get tricky when children hit puberty especially when parents don’t see eye to eye on how to handle their children’s requests.

We all know there’s always a good cop, bad cop situation and that was pretty much the case with this story where parents have a conflicting view on their son’s request when he hits puberty.

Let’s see how the story plays out…

AITA for letting my son “manscape” when my wife doesn’t want him to?

I’ll try to keep it short.

My wife and I have three boys, 17, 16, and 14. May the lord have mercy on my soul.

Actually they are good guys.

They were out on a casual market run…

I was at Target with my youngest, Tanner.

We split for a while and he shows back up asking if he could buy something with his own money.

It was a beard trimmer.

He wasn’t sure if the son needed it…

I laughed and told him he didn’t need that yet.

He explained nope, not for his face, he wanted it for downstairs. His older brothers both manscape and he wanted to as well. But they wouldn’t loan their trimmers.

I told him sure, I’d even buy it for him.

Got home and wife was not impressed. She didn’t want him to have it.

She argued against it…

One excuse after the other. He’s not old enough.

Sure he is.

He didn’t need it yet.

Ok true he’s not exactly taming a jungle, more like a small hedge, but if he wants to neaten things up that’s fine by me.

I don’t want more hair all over their bathroom.

Non-issue. The boys keep their bathroom clean.

He went against his wife’s wishes.

While me, Tanner, and the oldest Liam are pretty smooth, middle boy Lucas somehow got the gorilla gene (he was Sasquatch at 14).

If he’s not causing a problem, no one will.

I told him he could keep the trimmer but wife seems pursed.

The rules were clear!

I did remind him to keep the bathroom free of little hairs… get brothers to help/advise if needed, or me… and don’t make the mistake of going all Kojak below the belt, Liam made that mistake a couple of years ago. With much itching.

So AITA for disregarding my wife’s opinion?

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Why can’t the mother let her son have something that might make him feel more confident?

The dad seems to have done a good job here.

Let’s find out what the Reddit community has to say about this one.

This user isn’t sure why the parents are making a big deal out of it.

This user shares how he had to navigate his way through puberty and is happy this father is supportive.

This user has a valuable suggestion for the dad.

That’s right! This user knows the dad made the best choice.

This user knows it isn’t as bad as it sounds!

The mother doesn’t seem to have a good reason for him not to have the trimmer.

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