40 years ago, my cousin Natalia becamevictim of maternal care. She is still losing her consequences. Natasha’s mother was obsessed with purity. After the daughter was born, cleanliness turned into sterility. The floors were washed three times a day, the nipple was caught on the fly and rinsed with boiling water just in case, the toys regularly received a soap headwash, and the boiled diapers were smoothed from both sides with a hot iron. on parents karapuzov, hung with snot ,. Payment came later. In due time, little Natasha went to kindergarten. And over the next two years she did not crawl out of stomatitis, intestinal and gastric infections, and other “joys.” Natasha now has three children. Needless to say, they are all allowed to be a little dirty sometimes.
Photo:GettyImagesThe myth of ideal cleanliness necessary for a child's health is gradually becoming a thing of the past. Modern pediatrics claims that dirt is necessary for building immunity. - A mega-sterile lifestyle weakens the immune system, - claim the authors of the book "Dirt is Good", scientists John Gilbert and Rob Knight. - If a child rarely plays with animals, never digs in a puddle, does not play in the sand, then he is more susceptible to diseases such as, for example, eczema or asthma. This is because his immune system is unfamiliar with pollen and dust and does not know how to properly react to "enemies". The researchers confirmed their findings in practice: they compared children living in ultra-clean conditions with those who live in a microbe-rich environment. It turned out that the latter had extremely low asthma and allergy rates. No, of course, no one is forcing you to give your child raw water and unboiled milk to drink. You need to know the measure in everything. Scientists admit that, say, heat treatment really does allow us to avoid many deadly viruses. But they also claim that over the past century and a half, the desire to get rid of any hint of a microbe or bacteria in our body has reached abnormal proportions. The desire to protect children from aggressive infections undermines not only their immune system, but also their endocrine and nervous systems. By the way, regarding the latter. Our own nerves are also successfully destroyed by the fanatical desire for order at any cost. So relax and give your brushes, rags and iron a rest. Read in the next article:
