If a teenage boy is going to have emotional problems from ultimately what’s going to turn out to be a buzz cut...they got issues. Sounds like LV is a loving and caring father and the kid has enough confidence to be wrong about his dear ole dad following through. Use a number 2 guard to prevent accidental cut and it’ll look nice when finished up. You could also get him on the sides or back and a barber can turn it into a fade.

Nair. Very silent.

Ha! I’d get the loudest clippers, walk in his room, hold them next to his ear, and turn them on. Watch how fast he moves and record for future entertainment.
Seriously, if you cleared it with mom, too, and he told you to “bring it” - I think you guys have the pulse covered on his emotional response to this.

What a bunch of wet blankets


Sounds like a great character building exercise, the OP knows his son and knows it's not going to turn him into a serial killer

Ok to think about, laugh internally, but doing it to your kid JMO isn't a good idea. I love pranks but this is a bit over the top...

My boys and I have pranked each other their whole lives. I think it all started when I poked a hole in one of their sandwiches back when he was 4 or 5. It has been on ever since. Some of their pranks have been pretty good. It never got out of control so no hard feelings.

Hair grows back. He'll be fine. I wouldn't do it because recovery would take too long. How would he 'get you back'? Would he escalate? I learned escalation was in my hands. If I kept the shenanigans at a certain level, so did they. Of course revenge for a shaved head or modified hair cut might be super gluing a gnarly wig on your head. And what from there? Maybe just poke a hole in his sandwich. lol

My daughter will get teary when my son texts her a picture of the biggest strawberry with a bite out of it. She got the pick of the litter in a strawberry basket and when she wasn't looking her brother took a bite out of it. My son and I were on a 340 mile canoe race where my wife and daughter prepared some food for us. In the bag of strawberries, the biggest one had a bite out of it.

Well played.

I dunno man... teenagers can get fussy about their appearance.

If my father had done this to me, I would have been legitimately angry, not prank angry.

I would advise against it.

You obviously know your son and your family dynamic so sure, maybe he will take it just fine.

But I absolutely would not have had a sense of humor about this when I was 14....

You might be bald, but you still have eyebrows, right?

How would you feel waking up with only one?

Payback can be a bitch... something to consider.

I have a great relationship with my son, and we kid around constantly, but if I'd done this to him at 14, I'd still (10 years later) be sleeping with one eye open. He gets mad AND he gets even.