Serious Conversation

Child #2: "Mom, when I brush through my hair, the ends are really ratty."

Mom: "That's probably from the chlorine. I'll trim your hair after your swim lessons end this week. The chlorine kills your hair."

Child #2 "So we shouldn't swim then?"

Mom: "It's no big deal. I swam competitively for 8 years and my hair recovered."

Child #2: "Is that why your skin looks like that? Because of the chlorine."

Mom: "Are you saying I look old?"

Child #2: "No, just your skin."

Mom: "You mean I have wrinkles on my skin?"

Child #2: "Yeah. It's all wrinkly. You probably should use an iron."

This conversation was said in all seriousness until I couldn't hold it anymore and I busted out laughing. Child #2 followed with a chuckle or two. Maybe her thinking isn't too far off. We have an iron to iron our clothes and we have flat irons to iron our hair.