http://www.parentsoutloud.com/children-should-be-allowed-to-play-in-the-dirt-because-being-too-clean-can-impair-the-skin%e2%80%99s-ability-to-heal-itself-new-research-suggests/ Helping provide a voice for Parents Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.parentsoutloud.com/children-should-be-allowed-to-play-in-the-dirt-because-being-too-clean-can-impair-the-skin%e2%80%99s-ability-to-heal-itself-new-research-suggests/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 mandy hewson Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:05:25 +0000 http://www.parentsoutloud.com/?p=1109#comment-1397 wow what an interesting piece of research. this is how as a child we spent our days playing outdoors we didnt have such items as computers we just had our imagination and out world. my parents werent obsessed with keeping clean they provided us with servicable clothes to go and investigate. at the end of each exploration we would wash surface dirty away before we would fall into our bed exhausted and excited about the day we had just had. wow what an interesting piece of research. this is how as a child we spent our days playing outdoors we didnt have such items as computers we just had our imagination and out world. my parents werent obsessed with keeping clean they provided us with servicable clothes to go and investigate. at the end of each exploration we would wash surface dirty away before we would fall into our bed exhausted and excited about the day we had just had.

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