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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (101655)	1/24/2009 10:34:47 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543114

"Now if you take disagreeing with you on this as being rude, then all I can say is I'm very sorry - but I still disagree." Straw man. I take telling me I am wrong on salmonella, against testing, and being told that I am acting like you hit a nerve all as rude. Please don't make up something else. You've got to see how all that might be additive. You can disagree until the cows come home- just don't tell me I said something I didn't, or tell me I'm wrong when I'm not, and THEN treat me like there's something wrong with my response. No need to pretend it's about you disagreeing with me. And yes, busy mothers can be careful. I'm busy and I'm careful. Will all busy mothers be careful? No. But that's not because they can't be- it's because they don't want to spend a few extra minutes. I get up at 5 to make my kids safe healthy lunches- and I work full time, have 3 kids, and volunteer excessively. And yes, I agree we can go overboard on cleanliness. I can't say that I do, but I'm sure there are people out there who do. People with maids, maybe. I run loads and loads of dishes and laundry every morning and evening- but I can't say the house is spotless. But our food is pretty safe, and my kids are rarely ill. I don't think my son missed a single day of school last year.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (101655)	1/24/2009 10:39:41 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543114

And one more thing; We are becoming sicker by living in sterile homes. They now have hints that asthma and allergies in kids may be from not being dirty enough. Their immune systems have not been fully developed. That's the only reason I can figure that kids today seem to have so many allergies and other disorders that I hardly remember hearing about 30-40 years ago. I also grew up with a street full of kids who were always on their bikes without helmets, but none ever had an accident requiring more than a band-aid. Of course, I ride with a helmet now, but back then I wasn't doing 20mph on a narrow trail with other bikers coming at me at the same speed. There is definitely a line of overprotection that many parents seem to cross.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (101655)	1/24/2009 11:30:03 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543114

We are becoming sicker by living in sterile homes. They now have hints that asthma and allergies in kids may be from not being dirty enough. I KNEW there had to be a Best Mother of the Year category for me. "Keeps her home sufficiently filthy" SEriously, I've suspected this for years-- I can even remember telling Mme when hers were tiny and she moaned about cleaning the kitchen that the kids needed dirt. I had incredibly healthy kids- now I know why. Hand me that trophy.