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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD has the absolute sweetest friend who happens to have really bad underarm odor. Her mother is not American (neither are we). Although we are not from the same country, we share a similar culture and I understand that in their culture (as in ours) people don’t typically wear deodorant.

The girl’s mom is not friendly at all but we help her out with rides etc, sometimes because the mom
works a job with odd shift hours.

We have especially noticed this odor when driving her places because the windows are often closed initially. Last year another classmate used to drive her home but suddenly stopped - I am not sure if this is why.

Anyway, how should we address this? The mom would be defensive if we told her this and I don’t want the girl to be embarrassed but someone really needs to tell her. She’s a really good, sweet kid who is very conscious of the fact that she needs a lot of favors from other parents because of her mom’s schedule. I really don’t want to embarrass her or make her uncomfortable.

One option is telling a teacher the kids consider to be “cool” who probably has a good relationship with the girl and could probably talk to her about it in a non-offensive way.

Any thoughts?[/quote]

I assume someone said this already (not going to read through) but as a teacher, I have told the school nurse when kids "stink".  They meet with the student and talk about hygiene and give them deodorant.  Send an email to the school nurse.[/quote]

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