Last week, we had some unwanted and teeny-tiny menacing visitors that arrived via my third son’s scalp. Yeah, he had lice. So did his best buddy. Amazingly, our household—with many longhaired children over the years—had been spared this bane of school and camp life until last week. May this never happen in your household, but […]

Lice is just a fact of elementary school life. There are always outbreaks in classes and getting it doesn’t mean that you, your children, or your house are “unkempt” as a friend of mine declared the other night. For those of us who don’t believe in putting chemicals on our children’s heads, here is the […]