AWESOME!!!!

[schro]

So I'm out during lunchtime on a four mile run. Part of my route takes me through one of our local parks that borders an elementary school. Since it's lunchtime, the kids are out on the playground running around, playing tetherball, kickball, four square, etc etc. Towards the end of the playground are four boys playing some type of team handball game (I think my son called it "Wallball"). Anyway, one of these boys (probably a 4th grader) was a little sly bald guy.  I don't think it was even a buzz cut, it was totally shaved. As I ran by, he saw me, shouted to get my attention, and rubbed his his dome with one hand and used the other to give me a thumbs up.

I shouted "Rock on, Sly Bald Dude!"  and gave him the "Hawaii Hang Loose" thumb/pinkie gesture. He had the biggest smile on his face. It was a cool moment.

Anyway, had to share it with the board.

[Razor X]

So I'm out during lunchtime on a four mile run. Part of my route takes me through one of our local parks that borders an elementary school. Since it's lunchtime, the kids are out on the playground running around, playing tetherball, kickball, four square, etc etc. Towards the end of the playground are four boys playing some type of team handball game (I think my son called it "Wallball"). Anyway, one of these boys (probably a 4th grader) was a little sly bald guy.  I don't think it was even a buzz cut, it was totally shaved. Anyway, he had one head rubbing his dome and the other giving me a thumbs up.

I shouted "Rock on, Sly Bald Dude!"  and gave him the "Hawaii Hang Loose" thumb/pinkie gesture. He had the biggest smile on his face. It was a cool moment.

Anyway, had to share it with the board.

Cool!  Pretty gutsy kid to sport a completely shaved head at that age. 

[warhawk]

schro:  rock on, brah!  that was an awesome story!

WARHAWK

[schro]

Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool.

As much as it's pretty accepted in the adult world, I was wondering if he was suffering some type of ailment that caused his hair to fall out and his parents "cleaned up" his dome. As you all know, kids at that age can be pretty mean.

The smile on that kids' face was pretty awesome.

[BlackJamesRackham]

Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool.

As much as it's pretty accepted in the adult world, I was wondering if he was suffering some type of ailment that caused his hair to fall out and his parents "cleaned up" his dome. As you all know, kids at that age can be pretty mean.

The smile on that kids' face was pretty awesome.

Yeah that's what I'm thinking Shro, hopefully the little dude is doing well. It's awesome he acknowledged you as a bald brother.

[BALDANDRE]

Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool.

As much as it's pretty accepted in the adult world, I was wondering if he was suffering some type of ailment that caused his hair to fall out and his parents "cleaned up" his dome. As you all know, kids at that age can be pretty mean.

The smile on that kids' face was pretty awesome.

Very cool...at least in this day and age there are a lot more bald people around...

making it just another look..and a cool one at that!

[Robmeister]

I was wondering if he was suffering some type of ailment....

In any event, he certainly was NOT ashamed of it .... but strongly to the contrary

[PBurke]

schro probably did a drive by shaving. ha ha hajust kidding bro. that is a cool story.

[schro]

In hindsight, I should have stopped and chatted with the kid. But, I was thinking that the supervisors would have frowned upon adults talking to kids on the playgroud.

[Bensen]

awsome story schro! these are the little things that makes a good day.

[Razor X]

In hindsight, I should have stopped and chatted with the kid. But, I was thinking that the supervisors would have frowned upon adults talking to kids on the playgroud.

Yeah ... you might end up never being allowed near a school again.   

Even if he did have a medical problem that required him to have his head shaved, it's great that it's so accepted these days that he can actually like it.  Can you imagine what that would have been like when we were kids?  There was a kid in my second-grade class who had cancer.  We didn't really know what was wrong with him at the time; we just knew he was sick a lot and the medication he was on made his hair fall out.  I don't think anyone ever made fun of him, but I remember thinking how horrible it would be to hae no hair.  Nowadays, that part doesn't matter so much.

[Paul]

That was really cool schro.  Regardless of his reason for being sly, your validation of it and his smile in return sounds like you helped to make his day.

[don]

Please don't be mad at me but I don't think a 4th grader should be sly.If I ever saw a kid that young with a bald head my first thought would be,"CHEMOTHERAPY" as I think most people would think. There's plenty of time for him to be sly when he gets older. Especially this generation of kids today are much crueler than we ever were.I can't imagine what the other kids are calling him.It's great that he has a good attitude about it but a kid that young looks a little strange bald. It's as strange as when a woman sports that look.

[Tyler]

That's awesome Schro! 

[JDog]

Great story Schro.Thanks for sharing.