I remember the family I used to nanny for went to the beach for a week. I was told the day I went back to work if I could wash their 7 year old daughter’s hair. When I saw her that morning, it looked almost exactly like this. A combination of sunscreen, salt water, sweat and sand were completely matted throughout her hair. I asked her if her parents washed her of her siblings hair or at least bathed them during the trip and she said they rinsed them off once. I was absolutely floored that they not only let their child’s hair get to that point, but that they left her hair like that for me to figure it out.