Have You Heard? LETTING KIDS GET DIRTY HAS LIFELONG HEALTH BENEFITS
To the parent of the child who continues eating a snack from the ground well after the five-second rule expires… To the parent of the child who isn’t content unless their hands are at least a little muddy… To the parent of the child who is perfectly happy to share sips of water from a friend’s cup… There is good news: Exposure to dirt and germs helps children’s immune systems. Jack Gilbert, Ph.D., a scientist who studies microbial ecosystems at the University of Chicago—and a father of two who continually faced messy situations—looked into the effects of those potential germs on little bodies for a
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