Mom why ?

We have had an ongoing battle with nits probably for the last fifteen years and the only way to get on top of them i believe is the comb and conditioner. I must have spent hours doing this Elizabeth asked the Question 'Mommy why do you kill nits when they are a living creature's. In some parts of the world we just would not bother, a friend who is involved in care told me a story about a family who happily shared their life with a family of mice to the point where the cereal boxes moved around the lounge. She said ' a mouse is in your weetabix box' the reply was 'i know i don't like weetabix' this made me think did they buy weetabix to feed the mice. I calculate i will spend at least the next ten years combing out nits why because nits are not nice that's the answer Elizabeth.