Liberian Culture: Baby's 1st haircut

What's the true signifigance of waiting until your Son is a Year b4 cutting his hair? I've heard just about EVERYTHING:

THe Child will not talk
Bad luck will follow him
His hair will not grow
and many others..........

i had no other reason than i liked seeing his hair long.... and at that point it was too long to keep braiding daily.. too much work for a lazy mom

We cut his hair cause he was growing a natural mohawk--but our relatives are trippin. We don't see the big deal. I think it's a cultural myth..

Mrs.JAY wrote:

We cut his hair cause he was growing a atural mohawk--but our relatives are trippin. We don't see the big deal. I think it's a cultural myth..

hmmm.. .. yeah, a myth..

If u shape the Mohawk in a style fashion i don't think yor relative will complain though..but after seeing his haircut i thinkit is cool and it made to think about my Leewee haircut when i was a child. I was born in the Tubman Era and Cudefan was the famous style of said era.

I was told dah good luck.......and who am I to question Liberian old ma dem??