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Odin2005

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40. Touche!!!

Reply to haele (Reply #36)

Wed May 9, 2012, 08:29 PM

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"keeping kids indoors hermetically sealed away from real dirt makes them sick. " [View all] kpete May 2012 OP

so it was eating that dirt when he was a baby that made my son so healthy. good to know seabeyond May 2012 #1

NOW they tell you. Gormy Cuss May 2012 #5

wha?? i have pictures, lol seabeyond May 2012 #9

LOL! Gormy Cuss May 2012 #12

I would have thought that was obvious. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #2

In other news.. water is still wet... TedBronson May 2012 #34

Kids need to play in the dirt. MineralMan May 2012 #3

'Kids'? randome May 2012 #4

Well, yes. But I grew up playing in the dirt MineralMan May 2012 #6

You know what works for a wart? randome May 2012 #10

That'll do it. Sucker pops right off, doesn't it? MineralMan May 2012 #13

Plumbing does it for me. Bake May 2012 #32

I have friends who rate jobs by the number of knuckles they're likely to flay Warpy May 2012 #35

Did you start any fires? blueamy66 May 2012 #21

Yep. immoderate May 2012 #8

and not just physically. cali May 2012 #7

I have a friend that was raised by a germaphobe in a sterile environment tabbycat31 May 2012 #11

As usual, George Carlin was right longship May 2012 #14

Some of my guy friends, as children, did something like that.... blueamy66 May 2012 #22

Corporations scare parents and then profit from that paranoia. Odin2005 May 2012 #15

Have you seen some of the Lysol ones? tabbycat31 May 2012 #24

Yup, it's insane. Odin2005 May 2012 #39

I let my kids be around all sorts of germs as babies/toddlers Marrah_G May 2012 #16

Kids are soft now. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #18

People who don't use their their immune system are doomed to die because it doesn't work. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #17

My immune system has been in a perpetual uproar since I was a small child, fighting allergens. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #33

Have at it. YellowRubberDuckie May 2012 #37

I was at a Christmas party once with my then 2 year old daughter LibertyLover May 2012 #19

Amen. Let them go out and explore and learn.... blueamy66 May 2012 #20

My parents were crazy. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #25

I'm sorry that your childhood was so bad. blueamy66 May 2012 #26

I grew up in a filthy unairconditioned house. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #23

I think like anything, it's all about balance. Marrah_G May 2012 #28

Mom was well aware of germs. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #31

Some airtight homes are worse then living in industrial areas Kaleva May 2012 #27

How to get your kids to go outside and play in the dirt Blaukraut May 2012 #29

Many Moms have known this for a very long time.. SoCalDem May 2012 #30

Operative words - "real dirt" haele May 2012 #36

Well said! drokhole May 2012 #38

Touche!!! Odin2005 May 2012 #40