Practical or Lazy? Maybe Both!

So, now that we've hit the very real probability of winter weather in October (including the back-to-back Nor'easters that have all the tv weather-folk salivating), this mom wonders: if a 7-year-old boy is going to wear a hat to school anyway, is there any point in trying to hold him down long enough in the morning to neatly comb his hair?