You know what it is? It's because parents keep their kids in a bubble trying to "protect them from the ills of the air" and they can't build up their immune system! So, they are open to all KINDS of sickness.
Heck, my mom caught ME eating DIRT one day. Boy, did I get it. But it sure didn't hurt me!
Good point. Hand sanitizers, air purifiers, anti bacterial soap, are good ideas, but are they going to do more harm than good in the long run? We all want a spotless house, but how sanitary does it have to be? I can see if a family member has allergies, to buy an air purifier, and vacuum daily.
How many people do you remember being deathly allergic to peanuts? I remember a couple of kids who were allergic to shellfish and strawberries, but peanuts? My kids lived on PBJ sandwiches. Now we have young people who go into shock from a kiss from a peanut breath bf. Schools have turned into PB free zones.
Speaking of bubbles, Maine DHS is full of bubbleheaded idiots. Do foster parents have a special ID on their cars for monitoring? Do they have to go in for random nicotine testing? No smoking for 24 hrs in the car, prior to transporting these special little darlings? DHS would be better off developing a more thorough screening process to identify child abusers applying for foster care licenses.
There might be something to that. I have 2 schools within 1/4 mile of my house. I hardly ever see any kids playing outside. I think computers and TV's have turned them into catatonic droids.
You are so absolutely correct it is not even funny.
Having a 7 year old I am around a lot of children on a fairly regular basis, there are 2 types - the ones that are chronically sickly and the ones that blow off whatever it is the sickly ones pass around. To a one the chronically sickly live in homes that are practically sterile and do not run and play in the yard and are never dirty. The ones that shake off any ailment are the ones that know how to make mud pies.....if you know what I mean.
Funny thing about that. So many people did at one time or another, that someone did an honest (non-agenda driven) study and found out that people who ate dirt generally were doing so to pick up nutrients missing in their diet. They found out it was beneficial.
Would that happen with tobacco? My Powerball ticket has a better chance of paying off.