Because Mom is leaving for a week in an hour, she decided that she should cut Charles’ hair. She took him up to the bathroom for a quick trim. Charles was OK with this until Mom actually used the shears on him. At that point he freaked out and refused to allow any further cutting. I tried reading to him and physically restraining him but it was to no avail. Corwin showed up about then and asked why he wasn’t getting a hair cut. Mom quickly obliged him as a demonstration to Charles that it didn’t hurt. This still failed to persuiade Charles that he should get his hair cut. But Mom is persistent. She eventually figured out that if she turned on the water in the sink Charles would be sufficiently distracted from the hair cut that he’d only swat the shears away every now and then. Now his hair is shorter, although due to circumstances it’s not quite as professional looking as one might like.