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The world is a different place now from when we were kids!

Some things are better, some things are worse.

For civilisation to continue, it has to grow and expand.

Perhaps one day OUR kids will be saying that they had more freedom than their own kids will have and that life was better when they were kids!

We change, we grow, and yet we stay the same.

(Thats my tuppence worth of late night worldly wisdom!)

SnoozeControl wrote:





Then there are the sanitizing gels, with which over a third of parents now send their kids to school, according to a recent survey. Presumably, parents now worry that school bathrooms are not good enough for their children.




Nothing wrong with being clean, IMO....

germs run rampant in public schools....I dont necessarily believe the bathrooms alone are enough to spark such concern. If such is the case, only then I would consider it neurotic, but kids care less about germs and it shows.

sanitize gel-those kids will put it on all day long. I don't keep it on my desk, or they will use it up in a day. Wah, it's almost school time!:(

I had an experience last Jan/Feb while I was visiting my daughter in N.C. When they picked me up from the airport, both her kids had snotty noses and coughs. I thought, Oh Great! Well, after a week of chasing sick kids around, I got sick BIG time! I don't get sick too often but this was huge. I ended up in a clinic there, and the Nurse Practitioner even admitted the difference between the east and west coasts of the US.

She said the west coast is TOO clean and we're all germ-a-phobes. She called the east "The Dirty East". And because the east coast is far less concerned about germs, they're actually healthier people. They're used to germs and so their immune systems are stronger.

I didn't find any disinfectant wipes at the grocery stores for the shopping carts in the east. Nor did I find any toilet seat covers in Any public restroom. That's UNHEARD of here in the west. Those are just 2 examples.

As far as letting our kids/grandkids loose in a park, in smaller towns we don't worry too much about it. But in bigger cities, you just have to watch them like a hawk. Too many scumbags. I heard a report that 1 out of every 10 people is a sex offender/pedophile. So if you're in a crowd of people, a pedophile has already spotted your kid. Is that America's way of keeping us in fear? Or is it for real?

Dunno...but this thread reminds me of my childhood....when my friend Nancy and I convinced her little sister to eat worms!

WE DID!

Know what? Nothing happened to her!

Today, everyone's afraid to touch a door knob.



Rain, your last paragraph is a HUGE question....I'll come back, ok?

When we were sick as kids, mom kept us home and let it run its course. No running to the doctor for any and all medications that might relieve symptoms. Unless it was something serious, it was home remedies. As an adult I am rarely sick. I see friends and coworkers staying home with sore throats and what-not. Every sniffle means a trip to the doctor and bottles of drugs. I've been sick (strep throat) once in maybe the last six or seven years and I have four kids dragging germs home from school every day. I think there is something to be said for letting your natural immune system fight off bugs. That's what it for. Use it or lose it.

Excessive hand-washing used to be a disorder.



Kids catching colds from kids builds antibodies against future diseases.



Skinned knees teach caution.



Kids playing together without parental interference develops social skills and imagination.









































We're harming our kids.

Adam Zapple wrote: When we were sick as kids, mom kept us home and let it run its course. No running to the doctor for any and all medications that might relieve symptoms. Unless it was something serious, it was home remedies. As an adult I am rarely sick. I see friends and coworkers staying home with sore throats and what-not. Every sniffle means a trip to the doctor and bottles of drugs. I've been sick (strep throat) once in maybe the last six or seven years and I have four kids dragging germs home from school every day. I think there is something to be said for letting your natural immune system fight off bugs. That's what it for. Use it or lose it.


When I was a child, anytime I got sick, I used to take cough medicine, tylonol,....

all the typical store bought medicines...



I remember one time having the flue at 15, or something bad, because my throat hurt like hell and I coughed exessivly....didnt stop me from playing in a basketball game though...

I think people just have stronger immune systems, because honestly i never get sick.....EVER.

My sister-in-law is hyper germ-aware for her two daughters. They carry hand sanitizer lotion with them wherever they go.

I'd like to see them get dirty like real kids used to. They are overprotected by their mother and sick all the time.

Can this be good?