Nursery World - Get the itch

As a childcarer I find it hard to believe that any person would allow children with head lice to scratch their heads raw, rather than treat them with simple methods (Letters, 31 October). I agree that some treatments for lice are powerful, but, if a child is treated properly first time, other children would not have to keep being treated. In a childcare environment lice spread very quickly and if one parent feels that it is 'better to live with a few lice', then all the children and practitioners must endure them too.

I agree that some treatments for lice are powerful, but, if a child is treated properly first time, other children would not have to keep being treated. In a childcare environment lice spread very quickly and if one parent feels that it is 'better to live with a few lice', then all the children and practitioners must endure them too.

Lice do not always need such powerful treatments; the conditioner method works to an extent, if done regularly.

On a final note, I would like to ask if Ms Goodman has ever had head lice.

I have suffered on four different occasions this year and I feel sorry for any child left to endure constant itching.

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