How to Prevent Head Lice in Sarasota

Tips to prevent and treat head lice in children.

  When children play at school and have play dates and sleepovers, the number of cases of head lice rises. That’s because head lice, tiny parasitic insects that live on the scalp, are most commonly transferred through head-to-head contact.  What should parents know and do to prevent their child from getting head lice? Here are seven important tips:  • Teach your child to avoid head-to-head contact. No sharing of brushes, combs, hats, hair accessories, scarves or towels. • Keep your child’s hair as close to the head as possible in either a ponytail, braid or bun. Using hairsprays or gels also makes it harder for lice to infest.  • Spray your child’s hair daily with a natural lice repellent. Available in drug stores, natural food stores or …

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She’s Walked in Your Shoes: Parenting Author Shares Advice

Lisa Hein inspires parents with her book, radio show, and speaking engagements.

We don’t always get it right when it comes to parenting.  We often learn as we go and make the best decisions we can, for our children at the time.  When it comes to the topic of parenting, Lisa Hein of Seminole has certainly walked the path. She offers strikingly candid, real and compassionate advice based on her experience raising her son.  Now an acclaimed parenting author, radio talk show host and speaker, Hein reaches out to help other families by sharing the mistakes and struggles she endured during very trying times.  Her gift is her message to other parents that they are not alone in the frustrations and joys that come with parenthood. Hein’s journey as a mother began when she discovered that she was pregnant with her son at the …

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