(ABC 7) — If your children are acting out, one barber is now offering a solution: shame them with an 'old man' haircut.
At the A-1 Kutz barbershop in Atlanta, barber Russell Fredrick, 34, and his team are asking parents to bring in their misbehaving children to receive the free "Benjamin Button Special," as a new form of discipline.
"So u wana act grown…well now u look grown too," the barber wrote on Instagram after posting before, during and after photos of the first client to receive the punishment.
According to The Washington Post, "The cut involves shaving hair off the child's crown until he begins to resemble a balding senior citizen, inviting that unique brand of adolescent humiliation that can only come from teasing classmates and unwanted attention."
Frederick, the barbershop co-owner and a father of three, said he was inspired to offer the service after trying out the disciple on his own 12-year-old son, Rushawn, and saw immediate results. Immediately after Rushawn received his old man haircut for doing poorly in school, Frederick says his son's grades skyrocketed.
The barber says that most of the response has been extremely positive, with many parents sharing the photos across social media and supporting the form of discipline.
