Mumsnet, the UK’s largest network for parents, has spoken to more than 1,000 parents about dealing with nits and other unpleasant childhood afflictions to mark the publication of the website’s new book, How to Blitz Nits and Other Nasties.
78 per cent of surveyed parents believed that bringing back the nit nurse, sometimes referred to as ‘Nitty Nora’, would be an effective way of eradicating headlice for good.
Nit nurses were phased out in the 1980s and 1990s as health officials abandoned the practice of mass head examinations in favour of better public education on the issue.
The Mumsnet research found that one in ten parents who have experienced nits would be willing to give up a week’s salary to eliminate headlice from their family for all time. Five per cent said they would be willing to lose a fingertip if it meant they never had to treat nits again.
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