When we teach our children the very basic lesson:
there’s a first time for everything, we tend to overlook the possibility of their first lice outbreak. Rarely are parents ever physically and mentally prepared to deal with their child’s first lice infestation. This is why it’s common to see parents freak out at the first sighting of head lice. What we need is for moms to be a bit calmer and prepare their children for such troubles. Once you know you have a population of lice living on your scalp, there’s little you can do except worry over how to get rid of it. This can initiate a vicious cycle of self-doubt which soon translates into self-hate and keeps getting worse. It’s important to prepare your children for the storm before it hits them.
Here’s all you can do to equip them for the worst head lice situation.
Learn Together
When it comes to instilling new habits in your children, nothing works better than learning that
with them. Kids learn best when they know they have a partner to share the burden with. Reading up on head lice infestations and its consequences can get overwhelming. Learning together, with your child, helps them understand the concept better. The idea of learning together creates a sense of unity between parent and children, which helps make the suffering easy.
Routinely Preventions
We’ve all heard that prevention
is better than cure, and that most certainly is the case in head lice infestations. Once you have these tiny critters crawling on your scalp, it’s really hard to get rid of this nuisance. To add to that, the
trauma of living with people always inching away from you or making faces when you feel the need to scratch is irreparable. Daily habits like separating your hair accessories, keeping your garments in separate closets can help prepare your kid effectively.
Use Books
There’s a reason fables and folktales always came with lessons that taught children some basic concepts. Be it ideas of cleanliness or dealing with bullies; books have been guides for children. A very effective way of preparing your child for their first lice outbreak is to introduce them to this problem through a story. Be it comic tales or personal anecdotes, story books can prepare a young mind with stories of head lice.
Normalize It
The first concern that a child has on spotting head lice is:
am I abnormal? This is a deeply negative concern because it can spiral into a chain of negative thoughts that can turn into repressed trauma. Parents need to make sure their child knows that it’s normal for anyone to get head lice and having an infested head does not mean they’re filthy or unclean. School-going children can get head lice from peers in school and being aware of how common it is can help them stay cautious and less paranoid.
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