I’m hearing lot of moms say that it’s ok to let children play in dirt, attend daycare with sick kids, not sanitize the living spaces too much, put dirty stuff in their mouths because they can only build their immune strength by getting sick first(?!).
I have read the hygiene hypothesis paper and many research papers that have disputed that paper aswell so I’m just curious to learn the science behind the idea ‘let them get sick first’.
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Getting kids sick “on purpose” is mean and arguably child abuse.
Accepting that kids get sick a lot and that’s OK is a very different thing.
Sterilizing the world so that your child is never exposed to germs isn’t going to work, makes your kid different (not in a good way), and it might make things worse for your child in the long run.
All things in moderation is probably the best strategy. Keep things moderately clean, to teach your child good habits. You child will get sick moderately often, and that isn’t a disaster either.
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