This article is crazy! I can’t believe how far these parents (and other people in charge of kids) have gone. And I thought I was bad with my Germ-X pump “available” in the house!
You know, my mom freaks out when we let our daughter eat after playing with sticks, play in the floor, that sort of thing. She also insisted on mopping the floor every day when I was a baby to keep it clean. My husband’s family never cleaned anything; we joke that he was raised in “raw sewage.” Today, he rarely gets sick—once a year, tops, usually less—and I am sick every couple of months at the least! That’s just one example, but it is food for thought.
Melia Dicker, a writer and educator who has worked with students of all ages, is the Communications Director of IDEA. She has a degree in Psychology from Santa Clara University and is an alumna and board member of AmeriCorps' Public Allies. Melia co-founded Spark, a nonprofit organization empowering youth through leadership development and apprenticeships in their dream jobs.
Sara Schmidt
Dec 21, 2009 - 03:39 AM
This article is crazy! I can’t believe how far these parents (and other people in charge of kids) have gone. And I thought I was bad with my Germ-X pump “available” in the house!
You know, my mom freaks out when we let our daughter eat after playing with sticks, play in the floor, that sort of thing. She also insisted on mopping the floor every day when I was a baby to keep it clean. My husband’s family never cleaned anything; we joke that he was raised in “raw sewage.” Today, he rarely gets sick—once a year, tops, usually less—and I am sick every couple of months at the least! That’s just one example, but it is food for thought.