We didn't think there were any REAL side effects to your kid becoming 'Emo,' other than wasting money at Hot Topic and writing lame poetry.  But apparently, there's actually a MEDICAL risk.

It's because of the emo HAIRCUT.  You know . . . long dark hair hanging down over half your face, covering one eye completely.  You've probably noticed it on a few of the baristas at your Starbucks.

Well . . . an optometrist in Australia named Andrew Hogan says that haircut could actually cause kids to develop a LAZY EYE.

Hogan says the haircut forces one eye to do all the work, and the other eye to do nothing.  So if a kid keeps that hairstyle for too long . . . especially when they're young . . . it can cause a lazy eye.  (Daily Telegraph)