parenting fail
May. 24th, 2010 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cassidyroseSaying this here so I won't say it elsewhere...
While I do believe that children need exposure to germs and do not need to doused in antibacterial crud (we use nothing "antibacterial" in our house or on the kids), I do not think "I rarely wash my kids' hands" is an example of stellar parenting. Especially if these are children who handle their own bathroom activities (as in out of diapers and are wiping themselves). That is just gross.
Ick.
Children need to be taught proper hygiene, and, yes, that includes washing one's hands more than "rarely".
Frequent hand washing is important. It is just important to do it with regular soap, not antibacterial stuff in everyday, non-medical environments.
Furthermore, saying that you don't vaccinate to "allow the immune system to strengthen naturally" is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Because, you know, your child losing his/her sight to measles, or the ability to walk from polio just makes her/his immune system stronger.
What. The. Fuck
While I do believe that children need exposure to germs and do not need to doused in antibacterial crud (we use nothing "antibacterial" in our house or on the kids), I do not think "I rarely wash my kids' hands" is an example of stellar parenting. Especially if these are children who handle their own bathroom activities (as in out of diapers and are wiping themselves). That is just gross.
Ick.
Children need to be taught proper hygiene, and, yes, that includes washing one's hands more than "rarely".
Frequent hand washing is important. It is just important to do it with regular soap, not antibacterial stuff in everyday, non-medical environments.
Furthermore, saying that you don't vaccinate to "allow the immune system to strengthen naturally" is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. Because, you know, your child losing his/her sight to measles, or the ability to walk from polio just makes her/his immune system stronger.
What. The. Fuck