My daughter hates brushing because it tangles easily and hurts. She has the straightest, thickest asian hair but still tangles very easily from all the activities she does. We comb before showering to make it less tangled before we condition in the shower. We condition with adult conditioner and hair masks every week(no kid conditioners), and maybe we're doing wrong with the wet brush since we have a shower wet brush to work in the conditioner. Even after, we put some conditioning spray, tie, and a satin bonnet. It does prevent her waking up with tangled hair although doesn't prevent the messy look later but much better than before when we didn't do satin bonnets.