From: Gary Britt 

That's because their contemporaries stay away from them because they
"smell" from not bathing every day, and therefore don't pass on
the virii of the day going around.  

Gary

Don Hills wrote:
> In article ,
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote:
>> You were clear the first time. I just added the dirt/immune system to your
>> response as I had neglected to add that in my initial post.
>
> New Zealand has a high (and increasing) incidence of childhood allergies
> such as asthma. These have been linked to "excessive"
cleanliness in their
> early childhood environment. We knew this and certainly didn't go overboard
> in cleaning around our children, we took the view that a little dust and
> dirt didn't matter so long as there was nothing toxic within reach for them
> to ingest. For example, some people bathe infants and toddlers daily, when
> once a week is enough provided they've not been rolling in something. Our
> kids have certainly been free of the usual run of childhood infections and
> ailments suffered by many of their contemporaries.
>

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