My parents/school say i cant have locks, what to do!?!

Turning away from a pile of paper work Dr Edd Says.....
This is unfortunatly a problem that many young people have when starting their dreadlocks and here is my advice on the two seperate matters:-p

Parents
The best thing you can do with parents is keep calm and be sensible! If you through a tantrum or whine like a typical teenager then you arent going to get anywhere! Keep it calm, keep a sensible tone and simply enquire why your parents dont want you to have locks and make sure you are well educated enouch to have a reasonable and non sarcastic come back to all of their doubts and worrys! Generaly speaking if you can show somone that you can be mature then they are going to treat you as such, where if you show somone otherewise then you are not going to!

My mother never like my dreadlocks, inface she detested them but she now realises what they mean to me and i dont even hear a negative whimper from her anymore and as for my dad - well he thought i looked better with them then i did without so i was quite lucky in that sense. Just keep it calm, be polite and ease their fears and your more likely to get your way and in the long run your parents will probably grow to love your locks anyway.

Schools

Schools are tricky things, if one teacher doesnt like your locks (even if the rest do) then the chances are that there is going to be a load of fuss. The best thing you can do is go and see the head teacher on your own accord and explain the situation before they even realise that a situation exists! Explain to them why you want your locks and what they mean to you and why you think its only reasonable that you should be allowed them, after all you spend 1/3 of your life - infact probably less than that at school so its grossly unfair that they dictate to you what you can and cant do in the rest of you waking hours! Follow this advice, keep calm, keep level headed and your make it through:-p