No, no, keep the “mu dikhai k paisay” to yourself, your money is neither wanted nor needed…but do proceed to run away.
I don’t have any babies, by the way. What an unbelievably harsh reaction! My circle of friends is just fine, thank you. No, my friends are not from the slum…but I have friends of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. I enjoy the diversity.
The SlUMS??? Hmmmm, **germs don’t discriminate **between socioeconomic class. Germs are everywhere. They blanket the rich as they blanket the poor. But there’s nothing wrong with a mom wanting to be careful with her baby.
If YOU look at my previous post, I even mentioned that it’s not healthy to overdo the sanitization. So, I was looking at the issue from more than just one angle.
I understand the importance of allowing good bacteria to survive in your body. I even understand the importance of building your immune system. At the same time I understand that the immune systems of young children are delicate. I used to teach preschool and everyday the tables where the kids sat and worked were scrubbed down with lysol. Their toys were cleaned in bleach as well. These were the regulations of the department of children and families that every preschool has to adhere to. These precautions are there to prevent diseases such as **meningitis **which can easily occur in infants and young children. And sometimes they can be fatal. While such diseases may not be a common occurrence…when they do occur…one wishes they had been more careful.
As I said earlier, I was looking at this issue from various views. It’s good to be clean, but of course there has to be a healthy balance. I do however think its no big deal if parents want to be careful with their baby. Their actions are for the safety of their children, and **NOT **an insulting accusation that family and friends are DIRTY. But you will always have people who will over-analyze and take offense for simple things…even safety precautions.
This issue goes FAR BEYOND the SLUMS.