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Subject: Ditto re the schoolyard squabbles we had to learn to handle

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Curmudgeon
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Date Posted: 10:47:52 09/17/07 Mon
In reply to: larry 's message, "Mounting evidence suggests child allergies linked to sterile environments" on 10:52:40 09/14/07 Fri

when we were young. Now the kids can't even play dodge-ball or tag, lest someone's litle darling will have his/her feelings hurt and self-esteem damaged -- much less give the kid bullying you a bloody nose.

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>We�ve developed a cleanlier lifestyle, and our bodies
>no longer need to fight germs as much as they did in
>the past," said Marc McMorris, a pediatric allergist
>at the University of Michigan Health System. "As a
>result, the immune system has shifted away from
>fighting infection to developing more allergic
>tendencies."
>
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>well it looks like kids getting sicker is becouse of
>the envroment we can make in our homes. not the
>enviroment we make out side.

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These are inevitable outcomes when a society graduates more lawyers and social workers than engineers and mba's...nt carbonicus 10:41:51 09/18/07 Tue