Parenting: The Nightmare Scenario

Those of you passing on your genes (but not necessarily your Y chromosome) may some day encounter this no-win situation: the sight of your daughter, teary-eyed, coming to you for help because she has wrapped her hair in both directions around a curling brush.

May Cod give you strength on that dark day (which is more likely to be a dark night, because of nocturnal brushing habits that scientists have yet to fully explain).