my son had a play at his school on wednesday, i went and watched him & as we were leaving he said goodbye to a little girl and she told him to give him a hug and he did so. mind you, this little girls mother watched this entire interaction and didn’t intervene. yesterday i got a letter in his folder sent home stating someone in his class has lice and to thoroughly check our children’s hair for the next few days to weeks. i explained to my son that it happens sometimes and often little kids have unfortunate home circumstances and they get lice because of things out of their own hands and it doesn’t make them gross or dirty, its just an unfortunate circumstance and to not even think of trying to figure out who it is and just let it go because we’re checking his head religiously daily now. well, today my son comes home and tells me that the little girl who hugged him wednesday came into the classroom today and announced to everyone that she is the one with lice. her mom sat and watched her daughter hug my son and didn’t say a word a day before the letter went out stating someone has it. would you be mad too? i mean yes i understand like i told my son sometimes people can’t help it and not everyone has a good home life, but to sit and watch her daughter hug my son probably already knowing her daughter has it.. i’m sort of angry with woman, as a mother i wouldn’t even think of letting my child touch another child if i knew my kid had lice and she just watched and didn’t say a thing. obviously i wasn’t expecting her to say hey don’t she has lice, but she could’ve just told her no or said something to prevent her from hugging my son.
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What's the relation between having unfortunate home circumstances and having lice ? :/
Maybe she didn't know her daughter had lice.
I wouldn't be working myself up over this

I accidentally hit id be mad. Id be disappointed but no telling if she knew or not. If my child had lice i would probably keep her from going out period but … as u mentioned every ones circumstances are different. And as a mother… im now alot more sympathetic of other mothers because there are many unseen battles mothers fight everyday and u never know.

Having lice is nothing to do with what kind of home life you have. Unfortunately it spreads like wildfire round schools. Although there probably are parents that don’t check regularly.
She may not of noticed until that evening anyway. She may have caught it by hugging some other child herself. It doesn’t help when you learn they are playing hairdressers at school or doing head wars ect.
I wouldn’t be mad especially as your son doesn’t actually have lice however it doesn’t hurt to be vigilant.

Lice actually prefers clean hair.

I wouldn’t be made. I mean kids go to school sick getting everyone sick. If we let things like this get us upset we be upset all the time. I am actually suprised the little girl did that. She is a brave one to say it out most kids would be embarrassed and try to hide it. Lice does sneak up on people. I remember we had lice in our class and unfortunately I got it . Mom chopped my hair off. Hair passed my bottom now was chopped off to my ends of my chin . I remember mom being sad about it but she said that it’s nothing to be upset about things just happen. I like that layback kind of view .
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