The article recounts a parent's experience discovering their child had head lice shortly after starting nursery. The parent grapples with embarrassment, feeling it reflects on their hygiene and parenting despite knowing lice affect all children. They recall their own childhood experiences of lice treatment, contrasting the current, less pungent remedies with the harsher past treatments that required extensive combing and left unpleasant scents. The narrative highlights societal perceptions around lice and the emotional toll on parents, emphasizing that lice infestation is a common, not a hygiene-related, issue.
"Even from lovely and non-judgmental nursery staff who've seen this a thousand times before, it felt as much an accusation as a diagnosis."
"Back then, the rigmarole was as regular as taxes; one of us would get a letter from school about an outbreak in their class..."
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