Re: Reese's, squirmies, garlic

Your aunt and uncle were very smart! My grandma used to give us castor oil in the early 80s. I was too young to remember why and only have one memory of my dad holding me and she came at me with a spoon and like a jerk, i opened my mouth... expecting grape diamatap... ohh it was awful! I don't know if it was meant as a dewormer or just because old people thought that making little kids shit their brains out was healthy back then. My other grandma swore everything would give us worms... like eating Sugar out the bowl or raw cookie dough would give us worms. There were other things... wish i remembered.
I keep going back and forth with my kids... i want them to forget about the summer that sucked because of pinworms... and hope it doesnt scar them for life like it did me... but being aware is good prevention. whenever we are out somewhere, my 5 year old will always ask me for hand sanitizer so she doesnt get "the white". That's what the kids call them because i was always looking for white spots in their poop... it's "the white".
Don't twirl your gum with your fingers... you'll get the white!
Don't pick random crap off the ground at the playground... you'll get the white!