The Five Second Rule
The "Five Second Rule" has been around for ages, but how true is it? In this episode of The Parent Code, experts and parents alike sound off on the truth behind this common saying. Don't risk exposing you or your children to a harmful bacteria because you don't know the facts.
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Thanks everyone for the comments- obviously, the topic hits a nerve.
To wcbyrdiv, it was the Ig-Nobel prize- and meant to be tongue in cheek. Watching it from your perspective, I can see your point. I'll certainly be more careful in the future. Thanks. Would love to get your feedback on what topics you'd like to see covered in future episodes.
This is a project that was developed years ago, and I'm thrilled to see it come alive on OnNetworks. I think the Internet and mobile media is ripe for busy parents. Now we just need to find a niche and fill that need.
Let us hear from you!
Grammys7 had it right. In reality: Sanitation is the number one cause of disease. Modern medicine aside, our bodies are the same as they were 200,000 years ago... ...and as it turns out, they do a better job of defending themselves than modern medicine (provided of course that the body has had an opportunity to develop an immunity...)
Yeah... for your kids, keep em clear of germs -- for god's sake they haven't developed a defense.
"William Lawrence Bragg, who was only 25 when he shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father William Henry Bragg, is the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize" - Wikipedia
Please, a little more research in future episodes. The show is a good idea, but useless if not credible and hearing you tell me that a teenager won a Nobel prize for determining that you will get bacteria on food if you drop it on bacteria in the first episode I watch does not help.
Do a quick search of causes of allergies. Protect a child too much and you've got a child who's immune system is stunted and immature. Why is it that families with dogs have much fewer allergies? Because they're dirty. I certainly know that dirty=good can be counter intuitive, but it is.
Believe me when I say I understand you though. I have two little girls at home and do my best to make sure they stay away from harmful germs, but they are much more likely to pick them up from places other than of the floor.
quote:"what the odds that something harmful would be on the floor and end up on dropped food.:
Most parents are not willing to take the chance with those odds, and neither should Grandparents! One fact is that today's children are unable to take advantage of the great germy outdoors because of our legal system that continues to value a pediphile's rights more than the safety and rights of our children! Hence our children must be kept inside where they cannot build an immunity to common germs!
Teenager REALLY won a Nobel Prize? Yeah right. The ig-Nobel prize isn't exactly the same thing. A little research goes a long way for credibility. By the way, it would be more useful if someone were to tell parents what the odds that there was any harmful bacteria where the food was dropped. Stating that bacteria would end up on food dropped onto harmful bacteria doesn't tell us what the odds that something harmful would be on the floor and end up on dropped food.
Scare-journalism or fluff? This is a bit too much of both.
Holy Cow! Did I do that to my children? The nice thing about being a Grammy is selective memory. And to think, as children,my brothers and I made MUD PIES! Possibly, we survived because we were able to build up an immunity to all the germs we were exposed to as children. The world is certainly more dangerous for children, now. So, I will be more cautious with my grandchildren from now on!
GREAT FOOD FOR THOUGHT! Parent Code!