ah, mother, no. 247

Email from my mother this morning, after seeing the new flickr photos:

Please get that girl's hair cut. I think she looks
like a neglected or petulant misfit. Not a happy
thought for a child's appearance.

Sigh.

my response to mother, verbatim

Does this little girl look like a neglected or petulant misfit? Same haircut, or lack thereof. http://www.flickr.com/photos/casperflea/34950532/

(The photo is me, at almost exactly Casper's age. When my haircut was under the control of my mother.)