When I had super long hair, I'd bend over and blow dry it downward for some reason... Dunno why I got into that habit. Because I hated the result. A non-curly afro. Just sheer puffy volume. If you have long hair kids, either take care of it and make it look nice, or don't do a damn thing for it and let it grunge out all natural. Don't half ass it and get some nasty screw ball thing in between xD