Re: Superlice make MSNBC health news

Yup...but we aren't told that, especially not BEFORE it happens.

The worst of it is that the child is made to feel 'different', maybe even 'dirty', or 'catching'.

No fair!

School boards KNOW this is going to happen, every year.

If they are there to promote the well-being of students, why aren't they notifying families in ADVANCE of the possibility?

Simple answer...they are expecting the parents to already know...and to know what to do about it.

And, because certain highly-placed medical people think medications are the whole answer, we are dumped into a situation where the parents are blamed, once more.

Certain other meds, have been pushed through the school system, willy-nilly.

You can't have it both ways. Either the parents have full authority, and choice, over their children...or they don't.

The system is broken...exactly like other systems are broken in this world.

Now is the perfect time for knowledgeable people to move to inform the rest...in advance of anyone finding a critter.

Luckily, though I did use a pesticide shampoo on my little guy, I was able to turn the treatment into a caring and quiet 'inspection' every evening for about a week.

I pulled the few sticky eggs off the roots of his hair, and I caught two adults and squished them...all without undue comment.

So the pesticide DIDN'T work. But attention did. He enjoyed that so much that he asked me to go through his hair a couple of extra evenings.

I'm sure he knows how to treat his babes thirty years later.

Hm-m-m... Maybe I should tell him today that the pesticide shampoo DIDN'T work...just to be sure he doesn't bother with that stuff.

Oils are best, and quietly going through the little ones clean hair.

Maybe cut it somewhat short, too. It will soon grow back. But DON'T shave it, or make the child look or feel odd. The whole point is to protect their tender feelings.

Fledgling