article_snippet.sent: I have had nits at least 100 times.
article_snippet.sent: After a few nit-free years in my early 20s, my relationship with the parasites resumed when I became a mother.
article_snippet.sent: The note comes home with most parents of primary school children in the homework folder, announcing that nits have been found in the class and would parents please check parents children’s heads for the critters and treat the critters accordingly?
article_snippet.sent: Easier said than done, as nits are masters of disguise
article_snippet.sent: Daisy (pictured) was lucky to have a few nit-free years in Daisy early twenties but didn't escape the parasites entirely as the parasites returned when Daisy had children .
article_snippet.sent: My eldest daughter began school in 1996, and a nit invasion swiftly followed.
article_snippet.sent: Christmas is peak time for nits in my experience
article_snippet.sent: Understandably, I have accumulated quite a bit of knowledge about nits in my near 30-year relationship with them.
article_snippet.sent: (nits can’t fly but the kids can jump downwards, so you never want to sit below a potentially nit-infested child).
article_snippet.sent: According to Richard J. Pollack, the only failsafe solution is to avoid all physical contact with other people as the nits can only jump a very short distance from head-to-head .
article_snippet.sent: Pollack website, identify.us.com, has all the latest research on nits.
article_snippet.sent: The only failsafe solution, ’ Pollack says, is to avoid all physical contact with other people; nits can only jump a very short distance from head-to-head.
article_snippet.sent: Of course, now I have told the world about my nit problem, that might not be a problem!