Seems to me there's some Dads that don't want their kid wearing a flat billed hat because of the perception it may bring on them... it's just a hat.
Lets just get them some neck tatts and some facial piercings while we are at it.
Those things in themselves don't make a person a bad person, but that perception is there.
That's comparing apples to oranges, we're talking about teenagers. If either of my sons want to wear a flat billed hat because their friends are or it's "cool" then so be it. I am more concerned about WHO my kids are hanging around, not what their wearing. 100% of decent kids grow out of wanting to be cool, I know... I used to be a teenageer.
