How to Have the Lice Talk
Finding yourself scratching your head for how to share the news that your kid has lice?
Confessing to your friends or family members might evoke feelings of embarrassment or make you want to shrivel up and hide from all playdates, birthday parties, and interactions at school pick-up and drop-off. Fear not! Dealing with lice is more common than you think, and by sharing the news that your child has lice, you’re helping to put the kibosh on spreading those critters.
Let’s tackle this head-on together!
We’ve created a guide to navigate those tricky conversations which will hopefully guide you through the process of “how to have the talk.”
Nix's Guide to Talking Lice
We’re Nix and we’re here to the rescue with lice treatment, a preventative product, AND different ways to share the news with people you were just with about those unwanted visitors.
For the Jokester
Hey! Thanks for having [insert child’s name] over to your house yesterday for the birthday party.
We’re also hosting a party, but not one that you want to attend - one you may have been unknowingly invited...the venue is my kid’s head and turns out the guests, albeit uninvited guests, are lice and you may want to check your kid’s scalp for some unwanted party guests too.
For the Straight Shooter
Hi! I’m not going to sugar coat it—my kid has lice, and yours may too.
I’m sorry, I didn’t know and just noticed in the bath tonight. I am using Nix Ultra® Lice Treatment & Prevention Kit to get rid of these critters and to hopefully prevent them from EVER coming back. Here’s a link to purchase.
For the Non-Believer
You know I’m very particular about cleanliness and I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I need to share some important news with you.
Somehow, we have lice.
It’s apparently more common than most think and turns out the most meticulous cleanliness won’t deter them. Sure enough, it’s hit our household.
I’m currently deep cleaning my home and I’m happy to come over to help you also disinfect and to check your kids. I’ll bring the Nix Ultra® Lice Treatment & Prevention Kit!
For the Worrier
I have been presented with a bit of a challenge and recently discovered that our kids have lice.
We've been using Nix to address it and it is 100% treatable, but I wanted to be honest with you because I value our friendship and transparency between us.
You must have concerns and questions and please know I am armed with information (and treatment products!) for how to best tackle this and to prevent it from spreading further.
For the Parent-in-Chief
Attention please! The [insert family name] family has lice.
It’s important that we take swift measures to address this head-on.
We will be using Nix Ultra® Lice Treatment to resolve the problem. Following that we will strictly be using the Nix Lice Prevention Daily Leave-In Spray to defend and repel against lice in the future.
For the Cool, Calm, Collected
Kindly sending you a message to inform you that it looks like we have lice.
These things happen, it’s very common and I understand you may have feelings of resentment and anger and we understand that, but we thought it was best to inform you since we were just together.
We are addressing the situation with Nix Ultra® Lice Treatment and I want to offer to help you tackle this too, but no pressure! Just know I am available if you would like to talk.
