My daughter went through a brief period when she loved to find things to criticize about her Mother. I can remember when she fastened on the fact that my housekeeping is less than brilliant - I won't go into details. Suffice it to say I could never get enthusiastic about something I had to do all over again the next day!
In order to lessen the outcry, I swamped her in research that showed a connection between immaculate houses with heavy antispetic and chemical residue, and allergies, eczema and asthma.
I don't know how convinced she was - but now she has a daughter of her own I hope it's comforting her when things get left undone.
Here comes another study connecting the lack of a little healthy dirt with our health.
