I know its not something you normally discuss, but we have been plagued with head lice thisholiday. Inspired by flea circuses, I penned a head lice circus, it helps me cope with the constant battle that we have been engaged in. I like the trapeze artists best.
Fab picture - Calderesque in style... shame about the head lice though.
ReplyDeleteI read your story on head lice today’s and wanted to share my experiences with you. There are many uncomfortable talks that we must have with our children and our peers as responsible adults. Yes I agree that you do not want to single out a child and cause them embarrassment or shame, but the alternative is to keep it so confidential and not share the information with the person(s) giving you the lice. Example, from my life experience, my daughter Sofia had it, I was petrified. We used nix twice on her, two months later she got it again, I went back and forth like this for about one year, not telling because I was embarrassed and did not want to “stigmatization” my child or her friends. So out of frustration and tired of putting these chemicals on my daughter, I called a company called head lice heroes. They cost of the service was not cheap about $300 but the information and peace of mind was priceless. They are the ones that convinced me to retrace my steps prior to each out break and they are the ones that recommended, insisted that I contact friends and family I had been in close contact with prior to the infestatin. Just imagine if I have cancer and am dying, should I hide that from my kids. It’s only lice thank god! So ps I broke the cycle was broken when I spoke up and told all my friends and my daughters friends, because the person who kept giving it to us never new she had them. Sad to say if I only would have spoken up I would have been done with this the first time. So the real secret to head lice eradication is education, thank you head lice hero. So at the end what is worst talking to your children and peers about sex and drugs or lice……or should we not talk about that also….Read all about it yourself on www.licecentersofamerica.org AND
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