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[cat_77]

My son has long hair. He is 11 and it more than occasionally tangles. He asked me to brush it for him tonight because he was having some issues. This was our conversation:

Me: Honey, in the winter our hair gets into tangles more. There's a whole huge scientific explanation involving the cold and ions and static, but basically, it gets in knots.

Him: How do you take care of it?

Me: There's a reason we put a brush in your bag for school.

Him: Okay, I'll try to remember to put it in my locker for after swimming.

Me: You don't brush your hair after swimming?!?

Him: Er, am I supposed to?

I do believe we have discovered the source of the knots...

Comments

[threnodyjones.livejournal.com]

*sniggers*

[briar_pipe]

I did the exact same thing at 10. We had to cut my knots out. (You can use that as incentive, if you want.)

[cat-77.livejournal.com]

Heh. That's a threat we've had since he decided he wanted long hair - you have to take care of it or it goes away. Just trimmed off the ends that were torn/fried/frizzed to much histrionics, so that's nice and fresh in his mind for added incentive. :)

[1sweet-petite.livejournal.com]

All I could think about at first was "BOYS!".

Around here boys aren't allowed to wear their hair past the collars of their shirts. I liked the rule since my husband hates getting my son's hair cut. J's hair gets very curly/wavy when it's longer and my hubby thinks it looks so cute. Wants J to stay a baby forever. J's 6 years old and hates it when his hair gets long now. So I WIN!

[cat-77.livejournal.com]

Our son has wanted long hair pretty much since he found out he was part Native American when he was about 5 or 6 and that it was part of a cultural tradition. Since then, the reasons have changed, but he loves his long hair (as do the girls at school). It's wavy when longer and near ringlet curls when a bit shorter. He looks adorable, even if he does refuse to pull it back.