Headlice....my grand plan.....

[Blandmum]

We should start a campain to get rid of the little bastards.

We need to get it sorted as lice seem to be getting to epidemic levels, I bet there are very few parents of school age kids who have not had to deal with these little bastards at some point.

Round one. Education. Having hedlice doesn't make you a bad person/parent/child. It does not mean that you are dirty.

Round two detection. on one day of every year health visitors should look at every primary childs head. thise with lice should have their parents notified and sent home with infomation on how to shift the little bastards. There should be no shame attached to this, it is a simple statement of fact.

two weeks later we should check again. parents who still have kids with lice should be given more help in shifting them.

Please can we have Nitty Nora back? Who will be the Jamie Oliver of the headlice world????

i agree! there does seem to have been an epidemic lately

Hmm - think it might be you!!!

There is a website called "BugBusters" which calls for regular detection days I think.

Problem is you will get the parents who feed thir kids total junk because they don't having the same attitude to headlice checks.

last time i was informed my child had headlice i was a bit embarassed (they found them because the teaching assistant had plucked one from his hair thinking it was fluff lol), the teachers said not to worry, they know which kids are the ones passing them round and it was always the same ones whose parents didnt bother to shift them. makes you very sad for the kids, and not sure it means anything can be done. if its the same few every time and they just cant be bothered you cant force them to do anything about it

As far as I'm aware there has been an epidemic for years... Hate, hate, hate 'em!!! Having said that my 3 had been clear for a while but I treated them anyway last weekend just to be on the safe side because there were some cases at DS#1's nursery.

Have you seen my thread????

i comb my son's hair every week just in case. bring nitty nora back! i'm sure you can force parents if the school nurse finds any surely?

"Problem is you will get the parents who feed thir kids total junk because they don't having the same attitude to headlice checks"

Eh? Crisps cause headlice!!!!! Aggghhhhh!!!

I bought one of those nitty gritty combs which has helped immensely, they actually drag the eggs out too which is definitely a good thing.

Yes its the same in DD's class, the parents that just can't be arsed. Am sure they would be arsed if the child was sent home from school with them until they were clear.

ggb, dd1 caught them in the school holidays

For effs sake, if they're going to catch them it shouldn't be then, surely? Nice time to zap the buggers if they've caught them.

Sorry crap typing!

I meant that those parents who care about their children's diet would also care about them having headlice! The parents who don't care about diet will be just as likely to ignore any instruction to check for headlice!

Aha! I see

We could shave the head of everyone on the planet, at an agreed date and time. Wouldn't that mean then buggers would all die out?

MB, in the US they exclude children with lice from schools and childcare settings on a routine basis, until the lice have gone. It is a much much less common problem over there than here where it is pretty much rife.

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what i can't understand is why you can't tell people that their kids have headlice?

it dosn't mean they are bad parents, it just means they need to sort out the kid's hair.

And if they continue not to do so (ie they don't make any attempt, and kids have lice constantly), why can't their kids be excluded until they are clear?

I have tried most everything, from the electric zapper combs, chinese herbs, Full marks, Hedrin, smothering them in conditioner and combing them out,etc.. What makes me the angriest though, is we are forced to spend a small fortune on treating our kids heads, just because other parents cant be bothered. I really hate dumping chemicals and such in my kids hair, but I do it so they don't spread it on to others. I also alert their teachers if they have caught them. I am constantly checking my kids (all 3 of them and my oldest has waist length hair) so why can't other parents? grrrrr bring back nit nurses for certain, remove the cause till its cured, that might give parents a boost to treat their own.

is there a reason why they can't be sent home?

LadyDoom, that bothers me too. One of the nicest mums (who I used to work with, 8 years ago!} said she could see them crawling in dd2#s class!!!

What I just wanted to say is Nitty Gritty combs are a tenner, but if you take your child to the GP they are free. And bloody useful.

i dont rememebr nit nurses at all
starte shcool primary 1970s
i had nits that my mum thoguht "Only sailors "( see sausage thread ad nauseaum) got so they ruend into lice

Someone's class head, that is

When my DD first started school she picked up headlice and I hadn't noticed - DS#1 had never got them. The teacher very nicely took me aside and told me. Not a problem - aren't they supposed to do this?

F&Z - I think you're right. DH has no hair and has never had headlice. It has to work!!

they could do projects on them at school too to understand what they are

Having just dealt with DS's first infestation, I was toying with the idea of trying to have an agreed 'bug busting' w/e , publicised to all the parents at the school. Giving them lots of warning to get prepared, and creating an easy to read little hand-out, with the information that you can actually get the Nitty Gritty comb on prescription.

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you could do it actually dressed as a lice, to keep anonymity