My Gran always said “Everyone has to have a peck of dirt”

This is such a true thing, let kids be kids.

Children are better off if you don’t clean up too much – just be natural.

During this pandemic I actually have stepped up the wiping down with disinfectant of all areas that may have been contaminate by things from the outside. It’s just become a daily habit.

Definitely not an over cleaner much better things to do with my time

We surely don’t have to desinfect our houses and make them sterile 🙂

Possibly, kids also exposed to less outdoors with all that’s given definitely doesn’t help their immune system

Hmmmm interesting article. So now I can clean less! YESSSSSSS!

I’ve never been over the top at cleaning in my home. When you work as a cleaner as I did then once you get home you don’t feel like cleaning. As long as the dishes were washed and benches wiped down, that was enough for me. Don’t get me wrong, the floors were swept or vacuumed but I only mopped the floors once a week and that was mostly because there were spillages.

dont think over-cleaning at home will ever be something I’m accused of!
As an art conservator I do a lot of cleaning at work (sculptures, memorials, objects) so am well and truly over cleaning anything by the time I get home.

It makes sense there’s a link with lack of exposure to germs / bacteria and allergies! It’s Iike how we get vaccinations to expose ourselves to diseases so we get immunity to the diseases, if a child isn’t exposed to bacteria how can they learn to fight it.

There is so much pressure on Mums these days to have the perfect home and the perfect children when really both are impossible to obtain.
Please remember that most people only post about their wins. Their good days where they’ve managed to get stuff done. They never post about unwashed dishes or piles of washing that need folding or bathroom basins that need a wipe.
Parenting is hard. Running a household is hard and keeping a home clean and tidy is hard.
All of those things are much harder if you work or if you’re sleep deprived.
Please don’t be hard on yourself if your home isn’t spotless and don’t forget, as this article says, there is such a thing as TOO clean.

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  • • mom478886 replied
    • 29 Jul 2021 , 7:17 pm

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  Thank you for this commen. It was lovely to read after an especially tough day

I get the reasoning behind this article but like other commenters I’m more a tidier then a deep cleaner haha the house does get a vaccum each day though

I like to tidy more than clean haha

nice to have conformation that I shouldn’t clean too much.

I love a very clean house, but with a busy life, I don’t really have a problem with being too clean!

Totally over cleaning at the moment especially given the times we are in these days.
But yes, I think exposure to germs helps to build a good immune system. My mum is clean freak and goes crazy every time one of my kids picks up something dirty.

We don’t use anti bacterial cleaners, as we think they cause more problems than they prevent.

I’m definitely a clean person and I love the feel of a fresh clean house but I agree I feel we are to clean and that’s why sickness has become such a normal thing in the 21st century. I clean to a point but if I feel like the house doesn’t look to bad I leave it for another day.

I’m a steam cleaner all the way and there will always be a 3 sec rule for dropped food unless it’s somewhere really gross.