The Nice Lice Lady

When I was doing lice removal in people's homes, I always found that my main job was not actually the lice removal - this was really s...

Your child comes home with head lice.  Instead of freaking out, you did the right thing.  You got informed. You got a good lice comb and s...

 In the days after the polarizing American election, we are being reminded by politicians, activists, celebrities, and late-night hosts to...

Margaret Cho, comedian extraordinaire, performed a soulful song on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that I will be singing for days.  An...

So you have head lice?   Who have you told?   (Besides me.)   In so many of the emails I receive, people say, “I don’t know what I will ...

Got head lice? This blog can give you tips and techniques on how to beat it.  But before you even worry about the bugs on the head, you ne...

I love talking with people about head lice.  Think Bubba in 'Forest Gump' talking about shrimp or Harlan Pepper in 'Best in Sho...

Last spring, my friend's daughter got head lice.  Naturally, my friend called me for reassurance. Though my friend and I have had many...

My mother used to have this picture on a sweatshirt.  She was a woman known for her humour, but she was also known for how stressed out s...

Recently, I spoke with two mothers who were dealing with head lice in their families (and dealing with it very well, I might add.)  In our...

Today I met a couple of delightful young women who just happen to have head lice.  Thankfully, head lice has not dampened their charming pe...

This past weekend, I had the wonderful pleasure of going into a home of a family with 4 wonderful daughters (and a great mom and dad - you a...

In his book, "It's All Too Much", home organziation guru Peter Walsh challenges the notion that the answer to clutter is more ...

How did I get to know so much about head lice? Well, first, I was exposed to lice/nit-picking, realized that I rather liked doing it, and th...

In a public school, if your child has head lice and the school tells you to keep your child at home, you can probably fight it if you are a...

I want everyone to take the problem of head lice seriously. Just because I do not endorse the use of pesticidal shampoos, that does not mea...

Today I spoke with a woman whose family had been dealing with head lice. In fact, they had dealt with it rather effectively and saw no new ...

Yesterday someone told me that their son's school had an outbreak of head lice . An outbreak? Wasn't "Outbreak" that movie...

So your cousin has head lice. Should you let her come for a visit? You find out that 3 kids in your child's classroom are totally infest...

When you discover that you or someone you care about has head lice, you know that you are in for some work. You are discouraged because this...