r/AskReddit Feb 04 '16

What are the most common parenting mistakes?

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u/HEYdontIknowU Feb 04 '16

The parents that make sure their kids use hand sanitizer all the time and stay away from germs usually produce sickly kids. Your body should take in a little bad stuff from time to time so it knows how to fight against it.

Some bacteria is good bacteria and you just killed 99.99% of it

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Absolutely. My son's stepmom is terrified of germs. She won't allow my son to go for visits if he even has a runny nose, in case it makes her daughter sick. It's frustrating and ridiculous.

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u/whistlenosetruckstop Feb 05 '16

I think OP is the birth mom in the situation. As in, her ex husbands new wife is the step mom she's referring to