It usually starts in the most ordinary way. A quiet evening at home. Maybe your child just finished a bath, and you’re brushing their hair before bed. Everything feels routine, calm, predictable—until you notice something small. Something moving. And in that instant, your stomach drops. Your mind immediately jumps to the worst possibilities. Is it lice? A tick? Something dangerous? You replay everything your child has done recently—school, playground, playdates—trying to figure out where it could have come from. The urge to panic is immediate. But this is the moment when staying calm matters most. Because in most cases, what...
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