Have you or your children ever had scalp critters?

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I had a neighbor that use to call me about once a month and ask me if my kids had come home with head lice. I would check the kids and tell her no. She would get so mad she would almost turn inside out. Then in the background I could hear her yelling at her kids. She used a tone of voice that said she blamed the kids. Well, when my daughter was in the third grade she would take her ponytail down after she got on the bus, and sure enough, in no time she was coming home with head lice on a regular basis. I finally had to cut her hair back to above her shoulders and the problem stopped for the most part. This explained why my neighbors daughter always had scalp critters, both our girls had real long hair. The difference was my daughter's hair was put up to try to help keep her cool (we live in the south) and the other girl just let hers hang loose. Of course we would all end up with the little bugs. Like they say though, there is no shame in getting head lice, only in keeping them lol.