reen Hair

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

Lilliland parents became very concerned when many of their teenaged children began to dye their hair green. Then some of the teenagers protesting against their friends with green hair began dying their hair pink.

The baron wanted to have a hands-off policy on this particular problem. But parents kept asking the Baron if there was anything that they could do to stop this epidemic of teenage rebellion.

The Baron consulted with his chief advisor, Professor Hamblin, and his fiancée, Lady Angela, regarding this concern.

The Professor reminded the Baron that the teenage years of 13 to 19 is only a span of seven years. It is a time of transition from being a carefree child to a responsible adult.

The Professor concluded that it was just a harmless fad that would fade as the interests of the teenagers moved onto a more adult level. Professor Hamblin reminded the Baron that he was a teenager once, as well as Lady Angela.

By the time young adults reached their 21st birthday, society welcomed them to all of the rights and responsibilities of adulthood.

However, when someone 14 years old dyed his/her hair green and someone 34 years old dyed his hair green, that would be an entirely different matter. The 14-year-old’s behavior would be tolerated, but the 34 year-old would be strongly criticized.

The Baron said, “Sometimes the more you focus on a situation and give it more attention than it deserves, the longer it stays around.”

Some of the teenage boys who dyed their hair to get attention will, in ten years more or less, wish that they had some hair to dye rather than the growing bald spot on the top of their heads.

“It is always interesting that some teenagers who we are sure will not turn out so well, in later years develop into outstanding citizens of the community,” the Professor summarized.