that is funny SHerie, when I was teaching I found it better to be open wth the kids about it. I was teaching a gr 1 and 2 class and 1 girl had them all the time. It used to be that if we found a child with them they were sent home and not able to return until tratment had begun, if it continued to happen then they had to get council approval to return to school. The government changed it do to the privacy act, that sending a child home due to nits iolated their privacy, so schools hands ae tied. Arron went to the school after IU treated poor Jordan for the 6 months straight and went roight off. The teacher moved her and she didn't get them again, but prob the child who she was swapped with had them. Arron said to the office thatthey needed to do something and they said the mother didn't treat the child , said she didn't know what to do, and Arron said well tell her!!! I had a mother of a child in my grade ask me about them and I showed her how to check for them and explained what she was looking for. Her daughter had goldilocks hair so it would have been an awful job for her.

My class and i talked about nits as bugs that bite your head and said discussed how anybody can get them in their hair, so there was no stigma. it is only bad when you make it seem badlol My mum used to carry on and say don't tell anyone Jordan and I would tell her that was stupid.
cheers michelle