Keeping kids with lice in school

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Anonymous wrote:Every year there is a crazy out of touch parent like OP. Every single year. Comb often. If your kid keeps getting it, it isn’t on anyone else. It is because you don’t keep combing. This isn’t something you can outsource. Poison doesn’t help. It hits every school. It has been decades since it was recommended that kids stay home. If you keep having the problem, complaining just lets everyone know you stopped combing. Don’t be that person.

It's not that she's crazy, it's that most new parents are unaware of the decline in standards across the board - including hygiene- from when they were in school.

Yes, this is an old tale. They were saying this 50 years ago.

In my class, I had at least 5 kids who reek of weed. It's in their clothing, backpack, etc. I also have one or two who smell like cat pee. One of these kids lives in a home with a hoarder. I feel terrible for these kids. Right now, the other kids just make vague comments about something smelling but it won't be long before they know which kids are carrying these odors.

Hey, mandated reporter, are you reporting on the hoarding situation?

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Anonymous wrote:Roughly 15-20 years ago, students could not return to school until they could show they no longer had lice or nits.

Live spreads so quickly, I don’t want my kids bringing it home.

Lice are less “contagious” than most people think

Lol. Come to my classroom and sit next to the kid with lice and then say that. Nearly every time a student in my class has lice, at least one other person gets it. Five year olds don’t have great personal hygiene and many don’t understand personal space either.

My DD had it for over a month. A rash on her neck the pediatrician even thought was allergic. We stayed with family over Thanksgiving. Noone in our house or there's got lice. 5 kids between 5 and 10.

That's terrible you risked bringing it into someone else's house. Stop making excuses for not treating your kids and maintaining their hair.

We had no idea..if you read. We took her to doctor due to an itchy rash on her neck. Doctor felt it was an allergy. We were changing shampoo etc

Schools usually send lice notices. Its pretty obvious especially if its that bad.

When we knew it was lice and reported it to the school, they said there were no other cases reported in her class. They told us they send notes home after 5 cases are reported. I also believe it is less contagious then people think.

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Lice lady here, I disagree that it's not that contagious. I am amazed at the resilience and easy spread of lice. I wonder if after they eat, they spend the majority of their time hanging out on the out limits of our hair, just looking for someone's hair to grab on to. We shave our ARMS so the lice don't climb up our arms! They are amazing. I hate them so much.

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Anonymous wrote:Every year there is a crazy out of touch parent like OP. Every single year. Comb often. If your kid keeps getting it, it isn’t on anyone else. It is because you don’t keep combing. This isn’t something you can outsource. Poison doesn’t help. It hits every school. It has been decades since it was recommended that kids stay home. If you keep having the problem, complaining just lets everyone know you stopped combing. Don’t be that person.

It's not that she's crazy, it's that most new parents are unaware of the decline in standards across the board - including hygiene- from when they were in school.

Yes, this is an old tale. They were saying this 50 years ago.

In my class, I had at least 5 kids who reek of weed. It's in their clothing, backpack, etc. I also have one or two who smell like cat pee. One of these kids lives in a home with a hoarder. I feel terrible for these kids. Right now, the other kids just make vague comments about something smelling but it won't be long before they know which kids are carrying these odors.

Hey, mandated reporter, are you reporting on the hoarding situation?

Kids breathing in weed smoke is WAY more detrimental.
https://childrensenviro.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/812/2021/02/marijuana-fact-sheet.pdf
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/secondhand-marijuana-smoke-and-kids-2018060514012
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441784/

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