Would you be bothered by this too or did i overreact?
Would you be bothered by this too or did i overreact?
So I have a cousin who I pay to watch my son on Friday mornings while I'm at work. Her daughter had lice. My mom told me today she helped her get rid of them yesterday. She has 2 other kids who seem to have lice every so often too so I'm worried that they have them too again because they don't like to shower.
I'm annoyed because my cousin never told me this and I was about to take my son tomorrow. I found out because my mom mentioned it. I feel like my cousin should've told me this before taking my son. For now i made other arrangements but I didn't tell her why, just that tomorrow I'm not taking him.
My mom says I'm evil and that so what if they all do have lice but I don't want my son to get them. Maybe it's ignorant because i don't have experience with lice thankfully but I'm just taking precaution
Justgotaname ·
Heck no!!! She most definitely should have told you! I would be ticked!
Mimi·
If they don’t shower they wouldn’t have lice. That’s the most common misconception about lice, lice like super overly clean hair not dirty. Lice is super common at daycares and schools, I don’t wash my kids hair very often due to their hair types & textures, I condition and put oil etc in and they’ve never had lice even when their classmates have. She should have told you though imo. I’d just put some coconut oil in his hair and send him.
#1Mommy·
Lice are attracted to clean hair not dirtyy hair
Mommynes·
She definitely should have told you. Your mom and cousin are in the wrong here.
A·
Well my kid has super clean hair though so i would have had no idea how to avoid it and just send him off like that.
That's good to know though. I don't understand why they keep getting lice then? She has force them to shower because they refuse to. They're teens and pre-teens not little kids and they're not in school right now so how do they get them?
A·
I also just read that lice don't even attract to either clean or dirty hair. I mean they thrive off of human blood so they grab on to the scalp but it just takes one strand of a hair to grab on and strive off of that..
It did say it's in the shininess of the hair that it's attracted to it but still it's not relevant to the type of hair of clean or dirty so would it still not make sense to keep him away from it or it wouldn't have mattered then?
L·
Мама двоих (младенец)
So, you're told you are evil because you won't take your child to the location of a known infestation? THAT is ignorant. You're right to keep your kid away from that nonsense.
Justgotaname ·
@lafeamasbella, they keep getting it because they aren’t getting rid of the eggs. I’ve never had to thankfully, but it’s a tough process to get rid of them. Which is exactly why you don’t want to be around the people to bring it back to your house!! 🙄
Cams ·
My thoughts are that she still wanted to make money so she didn’t tell you about the lice. Rude. And tell your mom if she cares so much she can go over there and get lice. That’ll change her tune.
A·
Okay, so i definitely don't feel too bad now. I would never shame her or make her feel bad because you know, it happens.. I mean it shouldn't be so frequently but still I'm looking out for my son and our household
Sweet_pea·
I would be livid if someone didn’t tell me. Heck lice happens to kids, but it’s awful to get rid of. My Mom gave me lice and I’m still mad because she didn’t tell me
Shannae3 ·
That’s smart and how is that evil if anything ur mom should understand. N I would’ve said something to my cousin to