[Junior]

The kids' immune systems haven't gotten a workout when they were younger. In the old days our parents didn't scrub us down with anti-bacterial soap the moment we had a speck of dirt on us, nor did they dose us up with antibiotics at the first sign of a sniffle.

Over-protective parents have destroyed their childrens' health.

[luckystarmom]

I think kids are exposed to things more and earlier because so many kids are in daycare since the were babies.