Ah, yes, as a gay man, I and all of my gay friends love nothing more than rubbing glitter over our bodies and prancing through town like a horde of Twilight vampires. /s (Amusing story, but unexpected sparkling body lotion would be unwelcome by many regardless of gender/sexuality, including us gay men.)
PrEP use requires occasional testing to make sure kidney function is not being affected, so I'm unsure about providing it OTC. Regarding insurance, Truvada (PrEP) is impossible for most people to afford without insurance. What we need is medication cost reform, but that's for another post, I guess.
Kudos to this kid, but stories like this make me nauseated...A kid pays the little money he has so his classmates can eat? That's a sad example of how broken our system is.
It seems a bit worse than usual, but I'm terrible at remembering the weather from year to year. This is my first spring in Apex, and I'm surrounded by trees and without a garage. Everyone's cars are coated in yellow.
Teaching good manners is extremely important, but this teaches kids that their parents' love is conditional on their behavior. Kids didn't say thank you? Take back their ice cream until they do. Have them walk back inside without the ice cream to say thank you, and then give it back to them. Don't waste the ice cream by throwing it in the trash. Some kids will get over it, but as a former sensitive child, stuff like this can build resentment towards a parent. Resentment is not respect.