Rusty Fred

In suburban Atlanta, there is a barber named Russell Frederick who disciplines children by cutting their hair in a very creative way. He works at A-1 Kutz and he gives haircuts that make someone look older than they are and humiliate them on social media and in their everyday lives.

Taken from rusty_fred's Instagram

Take this picture for example, the caption of this picture read, "So u wana act grown... well now u look grown too." He also wrote more things like "The grown-up kids special. Bring more bad kids to @a1_kutz for this kut." After this young boy received his haircut, he immediately started behaving and even joked about his hair. Another example is where the barber gave his son Rushawn a "grown-up kids special" for having bad grades and afterwards, Russell Frederick noticed his son doing better and trying harder in his academics, saying that his grades dramatically skyrocketed after his haircut.

I feel like this is a great way of punishing your child. It is clearly better than shooting your daughter's laptop or yelling and screaming at your daughter. In addition, it will make the kid try to fix his/her mistakes because it would be terrible to be humiliated with a haircut like the one's Russell Frederick gives. I do think it is somewhat immature on the adults parts, but they have reason to discipline their children in any way they want and it does help them get away from yelling or hitting their children. Also, after the haircut has humiliated the child, the barber's fix the haircut to make it look normal. An example is the child in the picture above, that was him after his punishment and this was his hair after he has learned his lesson:

Taken from A1-Kutz's Facebook page

I like what Russell Frederick and all of the barbers at A1-Kutz are doing because in the end, they do fix their hair so they don't look bad even after they fix their attitude. In conclusion, I feel like this is a good thing for the children and the parents and A1-Kutz have a creative way of disciplining their children.