Habits and allergies

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This article says that thumb sucking (my sister) and nail biting (me) might reduce allergies. I'm here to say - it didn't work for us! My sister is still plagued by allergies and, well, I think my friends here know that I have lots of allergies. Granted, the ones that bother me the worst are food allergies, but that's only because I went through a routine of shots back in the 1980's and have never been without those things I'm most allergic to (cats) since then. I do know there have been lots of studies that prove that being an oversensitive germaphobe as a parent can also leads to more allergies among their children. I have a friend who's grandmother used to say "You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die." That doesn't mean if you avoid dirt you are going to live a long time, it means that its perfectly normal for some of it to get into you system. So, parents, go out and help the kiddos play in the mud, after all, they wash off in the end...