Zee Media Bureau/Salome Phelamei
New Delhi: This piece of news or advice might bring confusion to your mind, particularly as tactful parents. Because no parents would like their toddlers to crawl around the dirty floors and get filthy fearing infections and other health problems. However, experts are of the view that babies have a specific and additional need for interaction with dirt.
Here are a few reasons why you should allow your children eat dirt:
So, it may be well noted that children need to be exposed to dirt although hygiene is essential. Sometimes, they should be allowed to play barefoot outside to get dirty.
By saying this, parents shouldn't stop following hand washing principles - washing hands before and after eating, after using the toilet or touching garbage or something that is suspeted to be decomposing or after being in contact with someone sick.
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