All of these things have merit as valid arguments. My husband would not have kept his job with a large corporation if he had refused to fit the part of "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit". If you want a job and work for someone you have to play by those rules.
My grandkids can't have tattoos or piercings as long as I am paying for their college education. I think if you look like a rat, you will be treated like a rat. And I don't know what a B52 hairdo is. Is a B52 an airplane? I was three when the second world war was over.
Doug. Time out. Sit there and think it over.
Oh by the way...I like for kids to look in style and not like nerds, on my computer screen is a picture of our two grands here at Christmas. Our 20 year old grandson has a beatles haircut and he is awesome looking.