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Step 1. Educate your children.
Have a talk about head lice with your kids. Let them know the things that they can do to avoid getting head lice. Children are most susceptible to getting lice and usually bring them home from school, camp or day care. Use tools such as an educational coloring book or web site to show pictures and share information. Lice Squad Canada can provide you with both.
Step 2. Avoid head to head or hair to item contact.
Keeping the hair up and away from other people’s heads is the best thing that you can do to avoid getting head lice. Sharing hats, combs, towels, and other hair items is not advised. Keep in mind that you may also get head lice from car seats, bus, plane and train head rest. Never try on hats in department stores and don’t share head gear for sporting events. If you must share then use a hair net or do a visual inspection first. Wiping, vacuuming and blowing the item off before use is also a good measure to take. There are some prevention products available that will leave a scent on the hair but these are not 100% effective. They do help but must not be completely relied on.
Step 3. Take a peak once a week.
The key is to catch a head lice infestation early. It helps to avoid a sever infestation, the spread to others and makes getting rid of lice much easier. This will also stop others in the family from getting lice. Build a regular head check into your family’s weekly hygiene practice. Check-A-Head and avoid the spread.
Step 4. Report a head lice infestation ASAP.
Tell your school, camp, day care or other families that you have been in contact with so that they too can check and treat if necessary. If you don’t speak up lice may spread and continue to go around and eventually you may get it back too.
For more information check out The Facts of Lice located on the resource page at www.licesquad.com
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My son came home with a head lice the other day. I’m sure if the original child’s parents with the head lice had informed the school and probably stayed home, my son wouldn’t have caught it.
Head lice most likely to transfer from one head to another during camps because children sleep together in one room. That's why parents should really educate their children enough so that they can avoid having head lice. It is very important that at the first sign of head lice parents should take it seriously and if possible get lice as early as possible.
yeah i agree. in addition, sharing of pillows/comb/towels/hair scrunchies also contribute to the transferring of head lice from person to person
For those that who is already infected with head lice. Do not use chemicals. They are ineffective and dangerous work, and only until the child comes into contact with another person who has lice. As usual the next day at school. We recommend using products to eliminate head lice. I used this for many years and is now our official family produces pickles battling lice, which have proven to kill and remove head lice.
there are already some products that remove lice from our heads. we have to use them to prevent lice from reproducing.
the blog is very informative because it provides information what will happen if we have lice in our heads. the pictures are also very helpful.
I am really sure that these steps of precaution and tips are really helpful for us.