Rafe's First Rule of Counterintuitive Parenting

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"Soap is not preventative maintenance."

Kids get dirty - when they do, wash 'em. But keeping 'em sterile probably undermines their ability to deal with the inevitable.

This rule brought to you by a 6am shower.

Comments

[fenixinthedark.livejournal.com]

Oh, shit. You mean I'm supposed to wash the little buggers as well as feed and clothe them? Damn, where's my handbook.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I think you're beyond that point with your sprog.

[fenixinthedark.livejournal.com]

You've never been the parent of a young teen. I think the hygiene part of the brain develops after 16. ;-D

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear. I think society's a bit too caught up with antibacterial-everything, especially where the kids are concerned. There's a lot of truth to "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

[anngwish42.livejournal.com]

A-freaking-men.

However, my son loves baths these days so I sometimes give him more than one a day just to make him happy...