My friend Melyssa is not going to like this.
She believes in sterilizing everything, and I...
Well...
I am averse to getting rid of germs.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I wash my hands. I do dishes. I take out the trash.
I just don't overdo everything.
When my hands touch something older or a little more worn, I don't think about washing my hands. I don't get freaked out if someone sneezes near me. I don't try to avoid sick people aside from staying a few feet from them.
I'm a big believer in building up natural immunity.
It scares me to see how crazy parents get with their kids when it comes to keeping them clean. I realize we all had an H1N1 scare a few months back, but we're past that now, and parents are still scrubbing their kids clean like they're going into surgery every time they're at a public place.
What's worse is that the kids are now developing the bad habit of sanitizing themselves wherever they go at least twice--partially because it's become a game to them.
Isn't anybody worried that we might be raising a generation of kids who can't fight off anything because they've developed no immunity to even the most commonplace germs?
My favorite commercial is the one that warns you of all the germs that can live on the top of soap dispensers.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you wash your hands AFTER you press down on the soap dispenser?
This is clearly a mix of media frenzy and product placement.
Everyone knows kids need exposure to germs, but that logic went out the window--and understandably so--when the H1N1 scare was in full effect.
But guess what, everybody? The scare is over. We won. Everything's fine.
Now please, stop scrubbing the immunity out of your children.
I tease Melyssa because she's a major promoter of sterilization, and she ended up coming down with the flu, while I--knock wood--managed to avoid it.
Coincidence?
I think not.
She believes in sterilizing everything, and I...
Well...
I am averse to getting rid of germs.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I wash my hands. I do dishes. I take out the trash.
I just don't overdo everything.
When my hands touch something older or a little more worn, I don't think about washing my hands. I don't get freaked out if someone sneezes near me. I don't try to avoid sick people aside from staying a few feet from them.
I'm a big believer in building up natural immunity.
It scares me to see how crazy parents get with their kids when it comes to keeping them clean. I realize we all had an H1N1 scare a few months back, but we're past that now, and parents are still scrubbing their kids clean like they're going into surgery every time they're at a public place.
What's worse is that the kids are now developing the bad habit of sanitizing themselves wherever they go at least twice--partially because it's become a game to them.
Isn't anybody worried that we might be raising a generation of kids who can't fight off anything because they've developed no immunity to even the most commonplace germs?
My favorite commercial is the one that warns you of all the germs that can live on the top of soap dispensers.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you wash your hands AFTER you press down on the soap dispenser?
This is clearly a mix of media frenzy and product placement.
Everyone knows kids need exposure to germs, but that logic went out the window--and understandably so--when the H1N1 scare was in full effect.
But guess what, everybody? The scare is over. We won. Everything's fine.
Now please, stop scrubbing the immunity out of your children.
I tease Melyssa because she's a major promoter of sterilization, and she ended up coming down with the flu, while I--knock wood--managed to avoid it.
Coincidence?
I think not.
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