Stop Your Children Live Eat And Play Dirty - 5019 Words

Running head: Let your kids live eat and play dirty 1 Let your kids live eat and play dirty 2 Letting your kids live, eat, and play dirty is beneficial to their health and development. Jennifer Underwood E102 Diane Ripper 03/05/2016 Outline Thesis Letting your children live, eat, and play dirty is beneficial to their health and development. First reason: First and foremost, it builds a stronger immune system starting at birth. Second reason: The second reason, it builds independence. Third reason: The Third reason is it allows for more creativity and stronger brain development. Opposing view #1 One opposing view to the health benefits of letting kids get dirty is that people will see it as negligent parenting.†¦show more content†¦Refutation #3 However, allowing kids to be free to make messes and get dirty encourages them to be active and according to an article published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine in 2008, 20 minutes of activity cuts anxiety and stress by 20%. Personal Experiences My personal experience with this topic is based on my job as a childcare provider, mother of two active boys and now also grandmother of 3 active children. We do not have a sterile environment. We allow and encourage messy play regularly both indoor and out. Our children are regularly exposed to all kinds of germs from each other. As infants, they may seem to have a perpetual cold but by the time they reach about 18 months they are rarely ever sick and we have no children who have developed allergies or asthma in the 14 years we have been in business. None of my children or grandchildren suffer from asthma or dermatitis either. On the other side of the topic, my assistant is a bit of a compulsive hand washer and does not like to?get dirty. She says she has always been like that. She has asthma, is very stressed when it comes to dealing with snotty noses and kids playing in the dirt and sand. She suffers from a high level of anxiety daily due to her germ-a-phobic tendencies?and she te nds to get sick nearly once a month. Letting your kids live, eat, and play dirty is beneficial to their health and development. When I say live, eat and play dirty, what is it that I mean exactly?