(January 12, 2018 at 7:30 pm)Thena323 Wrote: Being hyper-protective in desperate attempts to shield little ones from all manners of germs and viruses makes doesn't give them a chance to build up much of an immunity by the time they hit school age. Chances are, they'll catch a new cootie every five minutes the first year of pre-school or kindergarten, resulting in many missed days.
It's difficult to convince many newb helicopter parents that some level of exposure is actually advantageous, though.
I blame acute Purell poisoning; It gets absorbed into their bloodstreams. Fucks with their brains...lol.
"Oh, noooo! Tanner crawled off of the blanket...and onto THE FLOOR!"
I grew up on a farm. We were shit-immune before we started school.