there's more to life than books, you know

I mean, I remember my mom sitting down with me and my sister for at least a half hour every day to get our hair untangled. It was painful, it was messy. Bleh. Little kids with long hair can be cute, but I see it like earrings: not until they are old enough to tend to it themselves. (Unless you keep it braided or whatever all the time so its out of the way, which I have no patience for, but who knows, the other person/people in my life that that time may have different priorities.)