• Question: Do you think mothers should be taught about how dirt could help there child?

    Asked by bootbert to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 21 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sarah Burl

      Sarah Burl answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      It is difficult to teach as mothers want to do what is best for their children so they want to keep them clean. I suggest they should just not be too obsessive about it. I think the media has a lot of blame for any histeria of the public. If the press could print more realistic stories about what dirt is really about then mothers may be less worried about everything.

    • Photo: Mark Fogg

      Mark Fogg answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I think mothers should be taught that keeping their babies too clean may be just as bad for them in the long run as not keeping them clean enough!

    • Photo: Mark Travis

      Mark Travis answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I don’t think there is enough evidnece yet to give people advice about how being non-hygenic could be potentially beneficial. Advice like this could back-fire big time, as bad hygeine can lead to infections being spread.

    • Photo: Panos Soultanas

      Panos Soultanas answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      I think most people are sensible and know that basic health habits are sufficient andthere is no need t go over the top about this.

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      Michael Loughlin answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      absolutely and I think most mums already know this, even though the instinct is too keep children as clean and healthy as posisble.
      Even though I knew the scienec i still had to remind myself that a 2 yr old with chicken pox was actually a very good thing

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