Dear old and new friends,
I would like to share the post below and remind you that it is even more important to be connected to nature during these stressful times, at least for 2 reasons:
1) It really affects the psychological state or your child and you! We are finishing a research paper showing that!
2) It is good for the gut bacteria! We have just submitted a scientific evidence to a research journal. I will keep you posted
I know, these times require to wash hands and protect ourselves from the virus. But we may be over-sterilising us and our kids. We normally are covered by the myriads of bacteria (outside and inside). Not all of them are good but we live in symbiosis or balance with them. Our immune system gets some ‘exercise’ which is absolutely necessary. If we try to eliminate all the bacteria by sterilising us we disrupt this balance and there is a risk that more bad bacteria and virus land on (and in) us. Remember, we can never be sterile, so forget following that strange mission!
I therefore suggest, that apart from washing hands properly and changing the clothes when you come home, also, to ‘shower’ yourself with good bacteria. Do touch the trees and bushes when you are in the park or in a quiet corner of the street. Those are the good guys!
And hug the trees, of course, make it a habit, your kids will thank you later
Dr Tanja, director of Play&Grow
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