[Faeriewand]

Originally Posted by LoriAlabamaRN

I remember getting headlice in school and being humiliated. I will never forget it, I was in second grade and my teacher took me to the front of the room and made me apologize to the class for causing them to all be checked for lice. I cried for days. Please remember to be compassionate and protect the privacy of these poor kids! Noone should be treated the way I was.

Awwww.

What a jerk that teacher was!

In my child development classes we learned how to handle a child with headlice and how to break it gently to the parent and act like it's no big deal so no one is embarrassed.

[General E. Speaking, RN]

Originally Posted by LoriAlabamaRN

I remember getting headlice in school and being humiliated. I will never forget it, I was in second grade and my teacher took me to the front of the room and made me apologize to the class for causing them to all be checked for lice. I cried for days. Please remember to be compassionate and protect the privacy of these poor kids! Noone should be treated the way I was.

terrible teacher! I recall waiting my turn (sweating bullets) while the PE teachers used a pencil to check everyones hair. It is bad enough to be singled out but to be made to apologize...

[Justhere]

Had my daughters teacher call me one day from school saying "We checked L****** for head lice because she has been scratching all morning and saying itchy, we didn't find any nits or lice. But she does have red bumps all through her hair. I had to explain that she had gotten into a bed of seed ticks that weekend. But after that everytime my daughter's head itched she would blurt out very loudly "mama I got lice." It didn't matter where we where, mostly she would blurt this out in public like at Wal-Mart, then she would start scratching her head. After about the fifth time she did this in public and me explaining to her just because her head itched didn't mean she had lice after each incident, I finially just had to tell her you say that one more time and I'm going to spank you. She finially stopped obsessing about lice. Now she is into snakes, my husband had to tell her he ran over a copper head with the lawn mower, now before she goes outside she ask me do you think the copperheads are out.