deoderant??

kimberley wrote: wow, either i am clueless or they are really starting early but Jacob came home today and said his teacher told the class they need to buy deoderant.

he is not even 10yo yet!! what type do you buy for a 10yo boy?! help! lol

he wants the axe body spray dh uses but it has a strong scent which i can't see being appropriate for a kid, ya know?

luvbug00 replied: For that young I say one of two things

a. buy somthing with a very mild sent or none at all ( I agree axe is too mature)
b. go natural and buy rock deoderant ( at most natural food stores) it looks like regular deoderant but you just wet it a bit and rub under your arms and then it should work like the kind at the supermarket. or they have other natural deoderants

kit_kats_mom replied: That's strange. I mean, since when do the schools tell parents how to tend to thier kids hygine? I wonder if there is one kid in the class who is really stinky and to avoid calling him out on his "problem" they are just telling all parents to buy deoderant.

kimberley replied: thanks Nadia, i'll look into that at our health store.

LOL Cary, i wonder too but it's only the 3rd day of school?! maybe it happened in the past and now he asks all his classes to do it. he apparently went on a long speech about how their bodies are maturing and they will sweat more and have odor. i am just shocked this would be an issue at their age.

ediep replied:
oh yea, I am sure thats it. When I was teaching middle school a lot of teachers gave the class this speech.....your bodies are maturing so you need to shower every day, wear deodorant, brush teeth

no clue as to what type is good for a 10 yo though

Jamison'smama replied: I would imagine he is trying to speak to the few that need it by asking all to wear it. There are many kids at that age that stink---I was one of them There are deodorants geared for teens (at least teen girls) I remember when I started, I wore Tickle --anyone remember that one?

CantWait replied: Robbie started wearing the Axe deoderant bar when he was 10. I guess he just wanted to smell nice. I don't know why. He has no interest in girls, and he doesn't have BO yet. Anyhow I got it for him, he doesn't wear it daily, pretty much whenever he remembers.

I don't know why his teacher would tell them to wear it. Maybe there is one boy or girl in the class who does have a BO problem, and instead of signaling them out, she has reverted to asking the whole class to take better care of themselves.

ETA: I didn't relalize that Cary had already said the above. I guess great minds think alike.

Also Robbie's Axe is a little strong and it's a scent free school so I've told him he has to minamize how much he puts on.

kimberley replied:
i think they just want to feel "grown up" because Jacob has asked Jamie to use his spray a few times and like Robbie, no BO problem or girls to impress. that's kinda funny.

his school is very allergy conscious too so i guess that was also why i was a bit surprised by the request.

and i remember tickle i wonder if they make similar for boys. sorry you had a hard time Brenda.

AJDomagalla replied: My boys are 8 and 9 and they both started wearing deodorant this summer. My older one does use Axe, but he has the roll-on sport type. My younger son uses Adidias deodorant for sensitive skin.

My daughter just started grade 6, and her teacher told all the kids that they should start using it, but this is the first time it came up in school.

AJ

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Yup we have had to do this with Emily when she was 9. Her teacher this year told us that she needs gym shorts and deoderant. I know for girls getting the lighter scented stuff was easy, but for boys there isn't many options. I know Arm and Harmer (or could be another baking soda company) make deoderants that are not too strong. By the way, I don't think he smelled that bad when I meet him Just kidding! Good Luck finding the stuff!

MommyToAshley replied: Really? Wow.. guess I am out of the loop. That does sound so young.

amymom replied: My dd started school on Thursday. 4th grade ~~ nine years old. So about the same age. We got a note home from her gym teacher, saying that they were going to all change for gym class and here is what they needed... The list included deodorant. He did say in the note that they would discuss hygene. And he listed a bunch of other things as well. So I guess 9yrs old is pretty standard.

hawkshoe replied: All kids are different. My son is 12 and still doesn't wear deodorant. I bought it for him a couple years ago, just in case, but honestly, he doesn't smell. Now his friends on the other hand really stink They were over the other day and my house smelled like a mens locker room. Yuck.

tampip88 replied: My youngest daughter is 9 and she has a friend that had to start wearing deoderant when she was 6. She would sweat profusely and the kids were making fun of her. Her Mom took her to the doctor and come to find out, she has a problem where basically she is aging faster than she school. Not the kind that you see on tv but just a few years ahead.

We had a teacher that started every morning class with the phrase "Let us spray". We had one girl that had a lot of trouble in that area, and I would have her rather took a bath than have that stinking stuff prayed everyday. She never did get the hint I wouldn't have wanted her feelings hurt either. I think it is just a fine line that teachers have to walk in this area.

Degree has a solid that has a really soft scent for men. My husband has to wear it because of strong scents causing migraines. I can't remember the name, but it is easy to find a light smelling one by opening them all up and sniffing

Good luck.

mckayleesmom replied: Well....I think its nice that the school is bringing it up. Some kids really do smell bo-ish at an early age. This way these kids don't go around stinking and getting made fun of and they address it as a whole and not individual people.

This can also be a preventable measure....How many kids did great and got along with everyone until that one day that they smelled?...Then they became the smelly kid. Starting a little younger is not such a bad thing....By the time most of them do start having odar problems...its already taken care of and they know what to do.

msoulz replied: I remember our 5th grade teacher having this discussion with our class so I don't think it's a new phenomenon as that was probably 1976. We had just come in from recess and apparently some of us were a bit smelly.

I have a friend with 9 and 10 year old daughters and the 9 year old is bigger and maturing faster than her older sister, and she has begun using deodorant as mom noticed she was getting ripe.

Kids mature differently, some need it sooner.

kimberley replied: thanks for the replies. i understand the issue of children who mature faster, but i just thought that was a parental issue, not a school one. teaching hygiene is one thing, requiring them to use deoderant is another.

my other concern is that deoderants are full of chemicals and we have sensitive skin issues in my family (eczema, psoriasis). our kids are already exposed to so much crap in the foods they eat and other environmental toxins and i am not thrilled that this is a requirement when he clearly doesn't need it yet.

however, i spent over 20 minutes with our pharmicist who finally found a natural, scent free deoderant. it cost $9 even he said he has NEVER been asked for deodarant for a child so young... hence why they don't have a product specifically for kids.