Some family members feel entitled to have a say in a child’s grooming.

This woman used to not mind her mother-in-law cutting her child’s hair.

But after a very uneven cut right before school started, she decided her son deserved better.

She brought him to a barber to fix his hair, but her mother-in-law didn’t take it well.

Read the full story below to find out more.

AITA? For taking my kid to a barber?

My MIL has been cutting my 5-year-old’s hair for 2 years.

She cuts his hair but is not a barber.

However, she never cuts his hair the way I want to.

She does a half-decent job, leaving his hair uneven all the time.

I say this because she smokes a lot of weed and won’t tell me if she’s high when she is cutting his hair.

This woman’s son got a terrible haircut from his grandmother.

My son recently started school, and she gave him a terrible haircut before school started 3 weeks ago.

So today, I took him to get it fixed.

She basically told me not to talk to her and gave me the silent treatment.

She made a whole scene, saying I took him somewhere else.

She’d rather pay than get a bad haircut that’s free.

But honestly, I don’t want my son to have his hair cut by someone who is high all the time.

And won’t properly cut his hair.

I’d rather pay than have him get a bad haircut just to make her happy.

But she makes me feel like I did something horrible.

She also stopped letting her mother-in-law cut her hair.

I also stopped letting her cut my hair because she would do the same thing.

Leaving my hair uneven and cutting it while she was high.

I felt like she would cut my hair badly on purpose.

Let’s see how others reacted to this story.

Sounds like a win, says this one.

This person makes a valid point.

Here’s an honest opinion from this user.

Finally, here’s another sensible remark.

Mothers know what’s best for their kids.

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