At my boys' preschool there were a couple of kids who had lice. Yech. Sorry but that's the first thought that pops in my mind. Yech. Even thinking about those tiny white creatures makes my head itch. So of course the teachers let the parents know about the lice infestation so that we parents can go home and obsess on what items to launder. Well a few days passed by and fortunately my boys are in the clear. Is it wrong to say that I'm glad my children do not play with the lice infested kids? Well in this case I think it is warranted somewhat. So after a few days I noticed the infested kids being escorted back into their cars during morning drop off. Come to find out that they were inspected again after coming back and found out they were still crawling with lice. Yech. My first thought is are the parents doing anything? It wasn't as if they had a few creepy crawlers in their head, they were still infested, majorly infested. The kids leave the school and I bring my children, warily of course. Then I found out a couple days after that the parents try to bring the kids to school ... AGAIN, they are still found to be infested. C'mon parents, do something!
It's been a couple weeks now since they were first sent home and the kids were found to be lice-free, for now. They're back in school playing with the other kids, but hopefully not mine. Sorry, I know ... cruel. But I can't help it, my head itches everytime I think about it.
Photo: Headlice.org
