Excessive childhood cleanliness and the obsessive use of antibacterial products severely stunt the development of the human immune system, directly causing a massive spike in…

Excessive childhood cleanliness and the obsessive use of antibacterial products severely stunt the development of the human immune system, directly causing a massive spike in modern allergies and autoimmune diseases according to the hygiene hypothesis, which states that unless a child eats a reasonable amount of literal dirt, their bored white blood cells will eventually start attacking harmless peanut proteins and pollen grains out of sheer desperation; you thought you were being a fantastic, responsible adult by aggressively sanitizing every surface your toddler touches, but you are actually just programming their immune system to violently self-destruct the moment they encounter a household cat, so let them roll in the mud unless you want them to be defeated by a single speck of dust!