Snellvile Barber - A suburban Atlanta barber is getting a lot of favorable attention from parents after he literally stumbled on the 'cropping' solution to prevent kids from acting out of control.
Russell Fredrick , co-owner of A-1 Kutz, is offering parents free haircuts for their badly behaved kids.
Fredrick, a 34-year-old father of three, said he started offering free embarrassing hair cuts for kids after trying it out on his 12-year-old son Rushwan last year.
He says to his surprise Rushwan's grades 'dramatically skyrocketed' after his head was shaved to like a bald old man.
Now for three days a week, parents who have tried everything and are willing to go down a new and embarrassing disciplinary route can bring their misbehaving kids for the "Benjamin Button Special."
Reports indicate that the first parent to bring their child in for a 'Benjamin Button Special' was single mother of a 10-year-old, who had been causing trouble in school.
Fredrick said it was a success, the mother brought the child back four days later to have the old man hair cut fixed, saying he had learnt his lesson.
Before and after pictures of the 10-year-old has since gone viral, after Fredrick posted it on social media.
"There are a few people that are saying it's emotional abuse, but in average, everyone is applauding the mother that brought the child in- and applauding me as well," the Snellvile barber said.
He added that the boy "understood why it happened and he rolled with it and allowed it to make him stronger." "You gotta reach these kids somehow, and I would gladly do it again."
"Parents are at a loss," Fredrick said. "When you go discipline kids these days, they can't necessarily use physical punishment the way parents did in the past, but they have to do something. If you don't and your kid ends up doing something crazy, everyone is going to say the problems started at home."
Reports indicate that the "Benjamin Button Special" seems to be gaining grounds and two other parents have brought in their badly behaved kids for the free offer.
"I hope that most people won't have to do this unless it's an extreme circumstances and nothing else is working," Fredrick said. "First, you talk or implement your restrictions. But when the conventional ways don't work these days, you have to get creative."
