As easy as it is for head lice to travel from kid to kid, it can also be very easy for you as a teacher to get it as well, especially if you are a teacher of a daycare or preschool, sometimes even elementary school. Younger kids like hugging, and being held when they feel sad. If you hold a child with head lice for as little as one minute, you take the risk of getting head lice. It only takes half a second for head lice to travel from hair to hair. It is very important for you as a teacher to protect yourself from getting head lice. It is best if your hair is tied up in a bun or braid, no loose ponytails. If your school constantly gets head lice, tea tree oil is a great preventive to keep lice away as well as our environment spray, which can also help to kill and repel head lice from your class. There was a family who came in to Hair Fairies New York lice treatment salon, which the mom believed that her daughter had given her head lice. Once the treatment was done, it was noticeable that mom was the lice transmitter as she was the culprit who got head lice first. The mom is a teacher at a preschool, and her class was battling head lice. Since the kids are still small, they like to be held. Since the mom caught a head lice infestation, she gave it to her whole family including, her husband, son and daughter.