You gotta let your kid play in the dirt. In these modern times, we've been conditioned to think that

cleaner is better, but the immune system actually needs exposure to microbes early in a child's

development. And this is the hygiene hypothesis. Basically, children raise in over clean environments,

do not get enough exposure to bacteria, viruses, and allergens. And what happens is that leads to an under-trained immune system.

So instead of learning to tolerate harmless substances,

the immune system overreacts, increasing the risk of allergies,

asthma, and even autoimmune diseases later in life.

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