Kid See Bearded Men As Strong — But Unattractive, Study Finds
New research shows that young children have a negative reaction to beards, but that changes as they get older. Children with bearded fathers did feel more warmly toward facial hair.
Science has some bad news for the bearded: young children think you're really, really unattractive.
A new study suggests that, until they reach puberty, kids are strongly anti-beard — although children with bearded fathers did feel more warmly toward facial hair.
Scientists going all the way back to Charles Darwin have pondered the purpose of beards. Darwin, who spent his later years sporting beards had somehow helped men charm the opposite sex.
