I See the Questions About Hairy Girls but What About Hairy Boys?!

Why give him something to feel self-conscious about at 9 years old? Esp. if he's fine with it and kids aren't picking on him about it. Everyone is different and that's just who he is. Kids at his age don't see that sort of thing. In my opinion, I think it would just give him something to feel bad about. Wait until he's older and let him make that decision. Watch for cues in his replies to other kids when they comment on it. If he looks like he starts to get embarrassed, go ahead and offer a solution.

Yeah, as a hairstylist... and a mom to two boys, I have "groomed" many men's unibrows. I don't do waxing, but the person in our salon who did, waxed preteens eyebrows, backs and such all the time.

Jut say non-chalantly, "Hey boys, I got this cool little trimmer thing that works on eyebrows and mustaches and stuff. Here's how you use it, you want to try it out? It's very popular among guys these days. When you get older, you can use a for real razor and dad will show you how to do that, but for now this works great!" Then, don't pester him if he doesn't want to groom it, just let him know the option is there if he does.

And it's true, men are more prone to grooming than ever. My friend took her 16 year old son... who is very manly, not feminine in any way, to get a pedicure the other day! He actually really liked it.

The groomer I am suggesting is easy, quick and pain free. You can get at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart... places like that for about $10:
http://www.hair-removal-world.com/men-groomer.htm

Don't use a regular razor and go straight down, it will remove too much hair in the middle and make his eyes look too far apart. A common problem with people who use razors.

Really though, if you haven't already, you are going to have to talk to him about deodorant and such pretty soon anyways.

I would just let it be UNLESS it is bothering him. As he gets older, he will be more into physical characteristics and he can take it from there. I am a female and had a mustache since I was in Kg, but it didnt bother me at all until the kids started teasing me in 7th grade. But it made me strong.
If you as a mother tell him to get rid of it, he might think its wrong too. I would wait for him to come to you , and not you go to him. Let him be a kid.

maybe wait for it to be mentioned again and just casually mention, "honey you know if that ever bothered you or you got to where you wanted to get rid of it, just let me know, we can take care of it. if it doesn't bother you though, it's no big deal, ok?" leave it open for him to come to you. he's 9, i wouldn't just make the decision for him. i think it's important that it be HIS decision.

I promise you he would like it better without the unibrow. Come in the bathroom one day with a razor and ask if you can shave his brow. Let him see what it looks like without all that hair. When he starts liking it, take him to get it waxed.

Let your husband teach him how to shave his lip. That's a dad/son thing.

My younger son and I did his brows together. He told me he felt like he could see his eyes better LOL! Since then, I've started doing laser hair removal on his unibrow. It's cheaper than waxing in the long run.

Look, it's like learning to use deoderant. At some point we do additional grooming. Just explain it like that to him. And if he says "What do I say to the guys if the notice my unibrow is gone?" tell him "Say that you aren't going to get as tall as Lurch" and teach him to make the low noise that Lurch made. (If he hasn't seen the original Addams Family, you two would enjoy that!)

Dawn

If my son (who was 3) had a uni, I would shave the middle from a very young age. Not a lot, just make it 2 eyebrows. If he asks, I would tell him that men shave, and some boys too...just not most. I would try to shave his 'stash too. Is it an ethnic thing or does he have too much male hormones?

If he doesn't care, don't bring it up. When it matters to HIM, deal with it. Don't create a focus on it if there isn't one.

I am a mom with a 4 year old girl with a hairy back who has a brother that sounds like your son. My brother is ultra hairy and has been since he was little. He had a real mustache at age 12. He never had a total unibrow.

I would purchase one of the face groomer thingies like another mom posted (very inexpensive, easy to use, and won't cut him). I would ask him if he would like to keep his unibrow or if he would like you to help him clean-up his brows. I would leave the mustache alone. That's very masculine and he probably likes getting the attention for that. (Heck, there are 17 year olds trying to make their fuzz look like a 'stache.)

Keep the conversation alive, but do not make it sound judgemental. Just make sure he knows he can come to either you or your husband when he needs help with grooming (or anything, really).

Your son laughs it off, it sounds like it's not bothering him. It's not as bad for boys. If he ever doesn't like it, you can tweeze out a few hairs so it's not so uni-like. He will probably let you know when he wants to shave.

Both of my kids, girl and boy, were born with unibrows. They are 2 and 3 and I'm just going to wait until they bring it up. I don't feel like I need to be the one to give them a complex about it.

Nine and 6 are a little young for growing mustaches. You might check what you are eating. Meat, chicken, etc have hormones in them (injected) and this makes kids "grow up" faster hormone-wise. You might check and get hormone free meats to see if that helps with the mustache. That way they can wait until a little later in life to start shaving if that is where they should be at that time.

N.