- My mom wants me to cut my hair, and I'm,
I'm opposed to that.
- You know, it'd be okay if he actually took care of it.
- I would like to bring up a few inconsistencies
and just flat out lies.
- It's true what she has to say that you
have to take your hair.
I know it looks like, "Oh, that should be easy,"
but it's not.
- My dad wants me to keep my hair.
He's fighting against you, Mom, and he's your husband.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- I'm Jeane. I'm this guy's mom.
- And I'm Kaelon.
- My mom wants me to cut my hair, and I'm,
I'm opposed to that.
- It's been kind of a long-standing debate.
His big brother dared him to not cut his hair.
You know, it'd be okay if he actually took care of it.
The only reason why it's even combed is because his father
spent almost an hour detangling it last night.
- If my mom wins the debate,
then I will get my hair cut to its previous length.
If I win the debate, she has to cut her hair.
- Sure. I can agree to that.
- This will be hard. It'll be, yeah.
- [Host] Say "Hi" to the judges.
- Hello.
- [Jeane] Hi, judges.
- My name is Sammy, and I guess I'm a little bit of a biased
judge here based on how we look similar with our hair.
- Hi, I'm Bella, and you'll notice I have
the shortest hair here.
- Thank you, Bella.
- I'm Brooklyn, and I'm ready to help another kid out.
- Excuse me!
- But I will listen to both sides.
- [Kaelon] Things are looking in my favor.
- What's wrong with this panel? It's already stacked.
- She does.
- Ladies first.
- A primadonna. So I have to act like a primadonna?
- You're gonna look like the Joker.
- I'm ready.
- I'm born ready.
- Let me preface this by saying I do love this guy,
and I love long hair,
but he doesn't know how to take care of it.
Exhibit A, this is on a normal day.
See, look,
I think there might be a bat or something living in there,
and he does not care. Okay?
You know, his hair is beautiful.
He looks like he takes care of it.
You know, he's old enough to do his own hair.
I shouldn't have to be expected to do,
Oh, wow.
to do his hair by now. I mean, he brushes his own teeth.
He changes his own clothes.
So if you're gonna have hair like that,
it comes with a responsibility that obviously he can't,
Wow.
Maintain. All right, you're done.
- Perfection.
Good job!
- So I mean, I don't know how often you walk around
like that, but your mom's right.
You gotta take care of yourself.
- It's true what she has to say, that you
have to take care of your hair.
- Yeah.
- Work on it. I know it looks like maybe it's just like,
"Oh, well, that should be easy," but it's not.
- I think that haircare is very important,
but it's also a learning process, and support from a
nonjudgmental perspective, which I'm sure you give,
is important as well.
- It's your turn.
- I'm going to go with number four right here.
- Scary hairy. I'm scared to know what that means.
- [Host] You're gonna wear a full bodysuit of hair.
- Ah, yes!
- That sounds like fun.
- [Host] And your mom is gonna get to style it.
- That does not sound like fun.
All right.
Why?!
So first of all, I agree with everything she said
about me not taking care of my hair,
but we don't cut the hair because I don't take care of it.
That's my bad, not the hair's, so I can agree
to take care of my hair and not just get it cut,
and oh my God.
You're just spraying my face.
I can't even think anymore.
- I should get to keep my hair because I can take
responsibility about it.
- Who do you think won the first round?
- I think Kaelon did. Again, I'm not a very unbiased jury.
- That's good for me.
- I'm still not convinced that any winning going on
at the moment.
I think we need more information rather than "I just want my
hair long" or "I just want you to cut your hair off."
- Duly noted.
- I'm actually gonna give that round to Mom
because she presented evidence,
and what you made was more of a promise for the future.
- Fair enough.
- 13.
- It does.
- I'm 13.
But you should get hair rights.
- I love that.
- Why not, six?
- Let's see it.
- All tangled up.
- Oh, good. Wonderful.
- I have, yes.
- Yes, I have.
- Oh, no.
- So his hair is here, there, everywhere.
It's always a nest.
And I, again, oh this is so...
Okay. And I can see that, you know, it looks cool
if he took care of it, but that is not the case,
and that's why we're here.
I would love it if, like, he represented himself well.
It does reflect poorly on himself and also to myself
in some extent, but really I'd love him to
take some pride in the hair that he does have.
If he chose to do that, then maybe we wouldn't
have this conversation right now.
- [Host] All right!
- For next round, could you be more clearer?
Do you want him to just now manage his hair better?
Or do you still want him to actually cut his hair?
Because those two are two different arguments.
- Okay.
Will do.
- All right. I will pick number three.
Oh, no.
Dandruff.
- Absolutely.
- All right. I would like to bring up
a few inconsistencies and just flat out lies.
First of all, the "hair everywhere" thing,
that's just entirely wrong. I see hair everywhere
around you, but not around me. If I get it cut,
I ain't gonna take care of it any more than I would
if it was longer.
Oh, gosh.
I think I'm at the age where I should probably make these
decisions on my own. It's also my older brother's decision.
He told me I can't cut my hair,
so who am I to say he's wrong, you know?
The only thing I'd like to say is she is wrong.
- Dump the rest.
- Oh, you actually started headbanging there,
so I think you're slowly shifting into what to make
of your full hair, which is good for you.
- I loved how you brought up parts of your mother's
arguments and adding in your own argument to that.
I think you did a really good job.
- All right. I guess we'll do number five.
Awesome. Silly hairpiece.
- Yes!
- Oh, fun. Of course he can.
- Okay. Wow.
So I would love for his hair to be cut.
Even, let's say for the sake of argument, that he did
take care of it. I still think it needs to be shorter.
I just, I love his hair. I love it so much.
Maybe when he's older, it can be longer,
but for now, just for, like, his sanity.
And a good compromise would be to cut it. It will grow.
By the time it grows, he'll be older.
And by the time he's older,
he'll have more sense of responsibility and pride
in his looks, right?
I mean, he's a cute kid with beautiful hair.
Even with it six inches short,
it's still going to be longish and beautiful.
- Okay.
- Well, I have nothing else to choose but number two.
Salon date.
- All right. A lot of pressure right now.
Oh my goodness.
So I've actually found a, like, a bunch of people
that would like my hair to stay the way it is.
My older brother, Jayden, especially,
pretty much all of my friends, and even my little brother,
which I do not agree with him often.
And as emphasis on my dad...
You see, when my dad was a kid, he had really long hair.
At one point, it actually went down to his butt.
He really, really, really wants me to keep my hair.
He's fighting against you, Mom, and he's your husband.
- Who do you think won and why?
- Kaelon, I think you won.
- Yes!
- It's your hair, and have fun with it.
Feel free to take care of it, so that,
- I will do that.
- You know, your hair is healthy, and your scalp is healthy,
and that's just for your own good sake, right?
- Yes.
- I'm going with you, too.
Okay. Let me, let me tell you why.
The argument from you, Mom, was not enough for him
to have to cut it off. However, I think him taking care
of it would be a great idea, so that you wouldn't
have this argument anymore.
- I think that I am going to give it to Kaelon as well.
- Three out of three.
Right now. Gotta snip.
- I know, I know. I agreed.
- I feel, I feel bad about this.
- I feel terrible.
- I feel horrible. I feel like this is second worst
to a death penalty.
- [Bella] I agree with you.
- Jaden, big brother, person, man, come over here.
- [Jaden] Get close to my thumb, get close to my thumb.
- I don't know where to go.
- There we go. Here we go. It's almost off.
Oh, boy.