Summer camp with daily swimming + child with shoulder length curly hair

[Anonymous]

We use ultraswim and don't worry too much about the tangles. The kids are in the pool everyday, they wear it in caps for practice and usually take their hair out of ponytails when they are playing. Their hair is actually more tangled after leaving it in a ponytail. They also brush their hair when they get home from the pool.

[Anonymous]

I have curly hair and went to summer camp with swimming every summer.
My hair being "perfect" just wasn't a concern. Sure it got dried out. Sure it got tangled. No, my hair in the summer probably wasn't the prettiest it ever looked.
Who cares?

[Anonymous]

A leave in product and deal with detangling after arriving home. Really the only option here.

[Anonymous]

I have long curly hair and so does my kid. My suggestion is leave in conditioner and a Wet brush after swimming. They can practice before camp. If you can convince them to put hair in a ponytail, even a low pony, before they get in the pool and then use Wet brush when they get out, even better. Then conditioner well when they get home.

[Anonymous]

OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

[Anonymous]

Lots of leave in conditioner as needed. The stuff is magical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

Of course it’s irrelevant you’re the only one bringing it up. But the child's voice isn’t that important if they can’t or won’t help in the care of their hair.

[Anonymous]

At my children's summer swim lessons, all the children with textured hair wore braids/protective styles and swim caps. It was the recommendation given by the swim instructor on the information sheet before classes started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

Come on and braid his hair

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

Come on and braid his hair

+1. My kid is on DC Waves and a summer swim team. No black moms are letting a 5 year old swim with loose hair because they’re respecting his voice. Just braid his hair and save yourselves all the pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

Come on and braid his hair

+1. My kid is on DC Waves and a summer swim team. No black moms are letting a 5 year old swim with loose hair because they’re respecting his voice. Just braid his hair and save yourselves all the pain.

+1 it’s probably a white mom.

[Anonymous]

A fabric swim cap. The hair will get wet but wont be a tangles mess in one. https://www.amazon.com/Unisex-Junior-Lightweight-Stretch-Bathing/dp/B0CLHL66WZ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, Thanks for those who understand my child can have a voice for how he wears his hair. He’s biracial and hair is part of Black culture but it also shouldn’t matter. Race, sec at birth, and gender identity should be entirely irrelevant here.

Thank you also for those who gave realistic suggestions. He is learning to care for his hair. He is also 5.

Come on and braid his hair

R Kelly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A fabric swim cap. The hair will get wet but wont be a tangles mess in one. https://www.amazon.com/Unisex-Junior-Lightweight-Stretch-Bathing/dp/B0CLHL66WZ

My daughter’s friends are old enough to take care of their own hair now. A good number wear a fabric cap under a silicone cap.

OP needs to get off DCUM with these questions and ask black women. If she doesn’t have any in her community, she should find a Facebook or Reddit group.

[Anonymous]

This isn’t a big deal. My older dd participates in camps with daily swim and has very long wild curly hair. Just wash and brush each night. When she has gone to camp we just leave it down and deal with it at night. Make sure you have a wet brush and don’t skip a day of brushing.