Phone conversations with Other Moms

[aelfie]

One I had today.

C: Well I didn't want Ike, Elli, or Gwen getting this bug, so that's why we aren't going anywhere.
Me: Ah, well, No biggie, it wouldn't have bothered me. Remember my philosophy: A challenged immune system is a healthy one.
C: Jen, that's psychotic.
Me: I don't know about that. The way I figure it is that when the pandemic finally hits, all those people who use all those annoying antibacterial products in their houses and on their kids*, their kids will get it and die. Mine will live. Their immune system is used to fighting stuff off.
C: That's a depressing way of thinking of things.

Now personally, I don't find that to be a depressing way of thinking of things. And I also didn't mind being called psychotic. My mom friends think I'm wierd for the way I do things**. I also like to view this conversation as "Why our kids are getting sick: Parent's just don't understand immune systems." Its conversations like this one that make me despair about the survival of Americans.


*C is one of these people. She even buys those really stupid antibacterial kleenexes. Oy!
** Like insisting that my kids eat healthy food and not get too much sugar and get plenty of unstructured outside playtime.

Comments

[puzzld1.livejournal.com]

A challenged immune system is a healthy one.



Amen, sister!

** Like insisting that my kids eat healthy food and not get too much sugar and get plenty of unstructured outside playtime.

Again, amen!

[rephetibel.livejournal.com]

I agree with you. In fact, I think it's bad for your skin to "cleanse" it all the time. I bathe only once (sometimes twice) a week. I wash the essentials at the bathroom sink every morning so I smell perfectly clean, thank you very much. And, of course, I wash my hands before eating.

I will admit to being wierd about money. I'm convinced that paper money is filthy. If I get drive by food I ALWAYS use waterless hand cleaner after paying for my food and before eating it.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I'm right there with you on the immune system idea. I tend to phrase it as "just like anything else it needs exercise!"