What's Your Policy on Head Lice ?!?

[Blackcat31]

You don't want bugs in your home.
Well that kid who has head lice and an itchy head has had head lice for four weeks already.

So your home is already exposed.

And for the record, I was referring to daycare centers.

And yes, have a backbone and educate people if their not educated.

By you being ignorant, you encourage your customers to not even tell you if they noticed head lice on their kid while not at daycare.
So ... by you having a no nit policy ... for something that isn't an actual health issue. .. you put the fear of no child care into parents who can't afford to be out of work for 7 to 10 days or more in some cases.

I'm glad you care more about your couch than the job security of the parents of the kids you supposedly "care for"

And yes ... I'm aware there won't be one person on this site to actually agree with me.

Just remember, I never said don't involve a doctor if you're really that worried. You should only require a safe to return to school note.

Point is ... you have your view ... the parent has theirs ...
Provide a third party trained point of view if the provider and parents can't agree. Logical people find ways to come to a conclusion that's fair to both sides.

When you completely disregard science and logic I don't want my children being "cared" for by you anyway.

I actually did switch daycares due to this.
They would not take anything other than their untrained eyes perception of no nits or anything in the hair.
I offered to them to take pictures of my children and we would enlarge them and compare it to photos online. I offered to get a no risk statement from my doctor. I offered to go to a doctor of their choosing.

Every attempt to meet in the middle was met with ignorance.

The new daycare when asked about they're policy on lice was quick and to the point -- we want a doctor note saying safe to return. They also provide information on where to get a free inspection and removal for a small fee. If you go to that inspection, they will take that statement as sufficient. Basically, the provide two ways to mitigate the battle of ignorance vs science.

Comment all you want. Science can't be argued. It can be proven wrong with further science. You will amaze me if you actually find something that goes against "my" science.

And I did have a professional come to my house .... and did the shampoo again that night, and again the next day ....

And went out and bought a dyson hepa filter vacuum ... and switched the kids bedroom to a room that was barely exposed and thoroughly cleaned first, away from all their toys, bedding etc.

And I still had to walk out of daycare with my kids in tears ... kids who had been through torture. .. especially the one with cradle cap.

And for whatever it's worth, even though the daycare wasn't going to accept it, I still brought them to a doctor who low and behold found nothing. The daycare director insisted she knew more because she had been a hair dresser for 30 years. --- completely ignorant

I am already out of work due to injury, typically this would have very likely put my job at high risk .... because lice isn't protected under the ADA laws ... or from ignorance

So you had a bad experience when your kids got lice...

What does that have to do with SELF employed daycare providers that can make whatever rules they want for THEIR businesses? what is your point?

They're your kids so it's YOUR life issue to deal with not mine.

Like every other entitled parent you think you are going to educate, change or convince me that you are right.... but guess what?

They're YOUR kids!

Stay home and care for them (and the lice) in whatever way you choose (based on science, logic or just plain blind ignorance) I don't have a preference because the ONLY thing that matters to me is that you/your children do not enter my house.

It's that simple... so simple that science and logic aren't even required

[debbiedoeszip]

No nits. PERIOD. No service until 100% free from nits AND bugs.

Ditto.

[mommyneedsadayoff]

And I did have a professional come to my house .... and did the shampoo again that night, and again the next day ....

And went out and bought a dyson hepa filter vacuum ... and switched the kids bedroom to a room that was barely exposed and thoroughly cleaned first, away from all their toys, bedding etc.

And I still had to walk out of daycare with my kids in tears ... kids who had been through torture. .. especially the one with cradle cap.

And for whatever it's worth, even though the daycare wasn't going to accept it, I still brought them to a doctor who low and behold found nothing. The daycare director insisted she knew more because she had been a hair dresser for 30 years. --- completely ignorant

I am already out of work due to injury, typically this would have very likely put my job at high risk .... because lice isn't protected under the ADA laws ... or from ignorance

Here is my science and logic. Bugs are gross and I don't want them in my home. People spend millions every year just trying to get rid of them or keep the out. If you ask any person whether they would actively invite them into their home, they would say no. It is not rocket science, but it is common sense.

Second thing, as you pointed out, bugs are expensive to get rid of once in your home. I don't have hundreds of dollars to buy new vacuums and have my carpets professionally cleaned and I clean enough on a day to day basis, that I will not actively add more work to my load because YOU don't think lice is that big of a deal.

It sounds like you got burned by your last daycare and you are still upset about it. Maybe they did give you an extra hard time, but you did what any parent should do in that situation. You left and found a daycare that better fit your needs. That is the only real logic I found in your posts, because no matter how many times you say it, lice are gross and they are expensive pests to get rid of, so you will not convince me that they are anything else. I am gonna go itch my head now, since even talking about them gives me the heeby jeebys

[Blackcat31]

I think I'm going to ban yellow on Tuesdays.

Just because it's my business/house and I can.

[Josiegirl]

LOL

[nannyde]

I think I'm going to ban yellow on Tuesdays.

Just because it's my business/house and I can.

Me too cuz the color yellow makes me sad.

https://youtu.be/P5wSH465fIw

[Blackcat31]

Me too cuz the color yellow makes me sad.



https://youtu.be/P5wSH465fIw

:: :: "Mamby Pamby Land!!" :: ::

Priceless!

[momofsix]

And I did have a professional come to my house .... and did the shampoo again that night, and again the next day ....

And went out and bought a dyson hepa filter vacuum ... and switched the kids bedroom to a room that was barely exposed and thoroughly cleaned first, away from all their toys, bedding etc.

And I still had to walk out of daycare with my kids in tears ... kids who had been through torture. .. especially the one with cradle cap.

And for whatever it's worth, even though the daycare wasn't going to accept it, I still brought them to a doctor who low and behold found nothing. The daycare director insisted she knew more because she had been a hair dresser for 30 years. --- completely ignorant

I am already out of work due to injury, typically this would have very likely put my job at high risk .... because lice isn't protected under the ADA laws ... or from ignorance

I once took one of my daughters to the Dr. for an extremely itchy scalp with tiny white flecks in her hair. She was only about a year and a half old. He said it was cradle cap and told me to use a dandruff shampoo.
A couple of days (not four weeks) later ALL of my daughters had lice. They have thick, curly, long hair.
I was furious and won't ever trust a Dr's opinion about lice. I now know what the nits and the bugs look like and no one can tell me different. I also never want to deal with that again.

[Rockgirl]

You don't want bugs in your home.
Well that kid who has head lice and an itchy head has had head lice for four weeks already.

So your home is already exposed.

And for the record, I was referring to daycare centers.

And yes, have a backbone and educate people if their not educated.

By you being ignorant, you encourage your customers to not even tell you if they noticed head lice on their kid while not at daycare.
So ... by you having a no nit policy ... for something that isn't an actual health issue. .. you put the fear of no child care into parents who can't afford to be out of work for 7 to 10 days or more in some cases.

I'm glad you care more about your couch than the job security of the parents of the kids you supposedly "care for"

And yes ... I'm aware there won't be one person on this site to actually agree with me.

Just remember, I never said don't involve a doctor if you're really that worried. You should only require a safe to return to school note.

Point is ... you have your view ... the parent has theirs ...
Provide a third party trained point of view if the provider and parents can't agree. Logical people find ways to come to a conclusion that's fair to both sides.

When you completely disregard science and logic I don't want my children being "cared" for by you anyway.

I actually did switch daycares due to this.
They would not take anything other than their untrained eyes perception of no nits or anything in the hair.
I offered to them to take pictures of my children and we would enlarge them and compare it to photos online. I offered to get a no risk statement from my doctor. I offered to go to a doctor of their choosing.

Every attempt to meet in the middle was met with ignorance.

The new daycare when asked about they're policy on lice was quick and to the point -- we want a doctor note saying safe to return. They also provide information on where to get a free inspection and removal for a small fee. If you go to that inspection, they will take that statement as sufficient. Basically, the provide two ways to mitigate the battle of ignorance vs science.

Comment all you want. Science can't be argued. It can be proven wrong with further science. You will amaze me if you actually find something that goes against "my" science.

*They're. When calling others 'uneducated' and 'ignorant', you'll have more credibility if you use the correct spelling.