Posted on 07/22/2013 8:21:11 AM PDT by jimbo123
Papa don’t panic!
New York City can be a terrifying place to raise kids, so some devoted dads are fighting their fears by disinfecting subway poles, logging the weights of poopy diapers down to the ounce, and keeping the plastic surgeon on speed-dial in casejunior gets a bad boo-boo. Heard of helicopter moms? Consider these hovering pops Black Hawk Dads.
“It’s just better to be safe than sorry,” says Doug, 35, who hand washes cups and plates because he fears the dishwasher releases harmful chemicals, thoroughly cleans shopping carts before letting his 4-year-old daughter sit in them, and stocks his New Jersey home with only non-chemical, white vinegar-based cleaners.
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God made dirt, dirt don’t hurt! (And if it does, it builds up your immunity for less sick days as an adult)
OMG! Somerfeld, I can’t BELIEVE you, like, let your kid eat Ritz crackers! They have chemicals and fats in them!
I made it, too. Ate a lot of dirt, still don't worry about dirt. Never use sanitizers unless I touch something filthy, like anything inside a hospital.
Our kids born in the 80s rarely got sick once they got over the strep stuff of childhood. They lived outside, too.
No doubt the white vinegar is the imported rice kind.
But I sense a huge untapped market for designer Kiddie Kevlar gloves to protect these vulnerable children against the ever present danger of paper cuts. Make the first sale at the toddler stage and you’ve got em for life.
;>)
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