Talk about head lice
Alerting other parents about a head lice infestation is important.
Telling Other Parents
Head lice is often mistakenly associated with lack of cleanliness, poverty and/or poor parenting. You may not want to talk to other parents about your family's experience with head lice, but it is important to alert them so they can check for signs of an infestation.
Parents can also teach their children to avoid activities that may spread head lice, like sharing hats or brushes, that may help control a head lice outbreak in a community, school or camp.
Nancy Gottesman
Nancy is a health and nutrition journalist and a mom. She is a contributing editor to New Parent magazine and Baby & Toddler magazine, and has written health and parenting articles for a number of publications, including Parenting, O-the Oprah Magazine, Fitness, Glamour, Fit Pregnancy, Baby Talk and Ladies' Home Journal. She was a senior editor at Shape magazine for 11 years before becoming a freelance writer in 2005.
