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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:58 PM Original message |
Is dirt good for kids? (Study) |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. The saying in my neighborhood was 'God made dirt and dirt won't hurt'. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I keep saying bacteria are our friends, and people on DU keep |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. you are of course right |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I didn't know about the growing up around pigs bit, lol. Probably explains |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. it's fascinating stuff |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Friends of ours used to insist their kids were scrupulously clean ALL THE TIME. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Oh man. They would not have approved of us. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've also heard that nose picking and eating during childhood is beneficial. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I suspect that we all swallow a good deal of our boogers, at least while we sleep. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. We certainly swallow a whole lot of our mucous |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Years ago "Nova" did a program about polio |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I never knew that! |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. My sister is a gremaphobe |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I let mine eat worms |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-26-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. right ON!!! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Mine knew to keep his hand out of the real icky stuff. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. We were designed to live in dirt |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-25-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. my father always said- sterilize, sterilize, sterilize, and in the meantime |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yep. Our bodies must have some exposure to the "enemies" in order to |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. you mean like- HORROR!!!!! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-27-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exactly. |
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