Do you let your kids get dirty?

My kids love to get dirty! I must admit that I'm a germx freak and bathe them alot. But, if they want to get dirty I let them. My daughters love to wear dresses all the time, so I got them a ton of dresses that they can play and get dirty in. Once it was raining really hard out and there were mud puddles everywhere! I took my daughters out to play in the rain. They rolled around in puddles and threw mud on eachother and had a blast! Afterwards they went inside to take a bath. My neighbors all went ballistic on me for letting them do that. I told them to take it up with my mom. Haha. My mom used to let us do the same and it was always so much fun! We squished our bare toes in the mud and rode the water currents down the driveway and afterwards we got baths and she would fix grilled cheese sandwhiches and tomato soup. We would watch a movie and fall asleep from sweet exaustion! My grandma was picking on us because we don't have all the old hotwheel cars that we grew up with and she still has all my uncle's hotwheel cars. She asked me why we don't have them anymore and I laughed. It's because we used them outside! We made roads in the dirt and built little garages with the rocks and had got mud stuck in the wheel and all of that. My siblings and I are pretty sturdy people healthwise. We hardly ever get sick. My oldest daughter never gets sick either. My second daughter is getting better about it. When she was little she kept getting pnemonia and I freaked about that. I boiled all her bottles all the time and sprayed everthing with disinfectant and all of that. Then with my son I realized that most of that was not really needed and that as long as I kept him away from the sickly children at first that he would build a healthy immune system on his own. He has allergies and ear infections from time to time, but nothing like my second daughter was. I pretty much look back on my own life growing up and try to remember my happiest memories. I want my children to have happy memories too, so I let them do most of the stuff that I grew up doing. Though I don't think I will let them make homemade bows and arrows and spears and run about trying to 'get' eachother with them. Haha. No matter how fun that was when I was growing up... it's just not safe!

I always let my kids get dirty. I remember growing up I spent all day outside, from morning until dinner then back out I went. Kids cant do that anymore without supervision. It's crazy. I always give my kids a bath at night so it washs right off. They jump in rain puddles, mud puddle and play in the sand all day during the summer. I think it's good for them to do this because then they wont get sick as often.

this is why we have soap and water. lol let the kids get dirty what the heck

I have two all around boys. They stay dirty. Even after a bath, I have to sometimes send them back in. Both play football, baseball, and every other sport they can. I am always washing clothes and them. But they have a good time. It does not hurt anyone to get a little dirty or in their case alot dirty.

You only get to be a kid once, so let them be kids. I have a really good pic of my two youngest with their faces so dirty. I couldn't resist the pic...dirty and all, they were having fun, hugging each other and laughing. I think that the more kids are exposed to dirt, the better immunity system they build up. Yes, it is okay to get dirty, but just make sure to clean them up at night before going to bed. Apparently, we eat a ton of dirt by the time we die, so let them play in the dirt, it won't hurt them and you might even be doing them a favor.

I let them get dirty most of the time. As long as its not constant. I dont allow them to go out and get dirty if I know we have somewhere to go, it would take too much time to get all 3 of them in and out of the tub in a semi timely manner and then to have to get dressed all over again...FORGET THAT! lol. They get a bath once a night so a little dirtiness wont kill them. I have them watch where they are getting dirty at though....they know not to play in areas where there may be glass or where dogs and cats tend to be. Mine arent pigs either butthey have their fair share of dirt fun!

i figure let kids be kids. my mother gets upset with me when i let me little girl jump in rain puddles. there are times when i won't let her get too dirty, when we are on our way somewhere and can't get changed but at home it's time to play

hi there vickie..how are you and your daughter? yes, i do let my child get dirty so that there body have the immunity of adjusting from dirty things.. i let my child play in the rain, play muds, going out in the sun..it's needed to let them experience being dirty sometimes because it's also can build there being independent that they can express what they wanted to do and maybe they can be more creative when we let them expose them outside our house.. happy mylotting..

I'm not a bubble mom. I guess I'm in between b/c my sil lets her kids play in the mud and get really dirty. As long as my girls have the right clothes on I let them have their fun. I think our immune system is building up alot right now. Our family of 4 has been sick off and on since Janurary. As soon as 1 is getting over it another one gets sick or hubby brings it home from work. I do freak out when they get their clothes dirty though if its good clothes. My daughter goes by my sil house and the clothes are always ruined when she gets home. Not sure what in the world they do. Once she said they didn't even go outside so that means her house is just that dirty. Not saying my house is spotless but my white socks don't turn black after walking on my floor.

Yes as of now I don't have my own kid. Going to have very soon. But I have a four years old nephew, we let him play as he wants, we just keep a watch that he don't put his hands in his mouth. Kids should be left free to play as they want. They should not be stopped all the time don't do this and don't do that. Kids should play until they get tired. I will do the same for my baby. I will let him/her play as much as he/she wants and get dirty, I will say:"I am there to clean you baby".

I let my kids get dirty, but within reason. I don't let them wallow in the mud like a pig, but I don't put them in a bubble either. My kids don't get sick all that often except my daughter gets a stuffy nose a lot, but I have a hard time telling if it is sick or allergies.

I was quite concerned before since she is my only child, but my father and hubby was agianst it, they always asked me to let her play in anything she wants and that way, she will improve her immune system..so, now-a-days i dont control her, the only thing i control is taking bath, she often wants to play in water, water is her favorite, she is 3 now and she has played in all kinds of water, sea, falls, river, lake, pools, etc...and even at home, whenever i am busy with work, she manages to get into the bathroom, but she has not yet got a cold because of it

Yes i let my kids get dirty, and at the end of the day they always got a bath. Kids are not allowed to be kids anymore. When i was a kid we played outside all day long, when we came in to eat we always washed up. Your dad is a very smart man, you should listen to him, a little dirt did not hurt anyone. Our bodies were made to fight germs and build up a immunity to them, but if you don't get exposed to them how are you going to do that.

Ofcourse kids should get dirty. because then if they are not exposed to the dirt they are going to grow too delicate. and this might lead them to become more prone to ciseases because then their body when once grown will be exposed to dust for the first time and then they might be getting allergic to certain normal things like cold or cough because their body never experinced this earlier, it is very necessary to experience everything in the life so that we get strong enough to fight them the next time. happy mylotting

I can't stand to see my grandchildren get dirty, i know Kids will get dirty, but If I have the Twins, I always will bring another chang of clothes for them, I really don't like to see any Kids dirty.

I was always taught to keep clean daily. By washing up you are keeping the germs away. So I think washing up daily & washing hands throughout the day is good. I do let my kids get dirty, but I also keep them clean. There is a difference in getting mudd all over you & being germy.... everyone should take baths daily if they are able to...

This morning I took my son outside to play. With the warm weather all the snow is melting, so naturally the yard is all muddy. He had so much fun splashing in mud puddles, picking up handfuls of mud and making pies, cakes, and all sorts of things. He fell and was covered head to toe. He reached out to me with his muddy hands, and I picked him up and hugged him. When we were done, we were both covered in mud and had to change clothes, but we had a great time. There was mud on the floor, and I had some laundry to do, but I loved it. It is part of being a kid. I don't mind when he gets dirty, because I know there's nothing wrong with it, and that it's lots of fun for him. That's why we have a bathtub I saw that commercial, and I thought of a few people I know like that. It's a shame they can't relax and let their kids be kids.

My kids are little dirt magnets! They can go outside for five minutes and come back in the house looking like they were rolling in the mud! I figure, they wash. They make soap and water for a reason. The only thing I do not like is whn they track mud and muck into the house!

I have a 2-year old boy and he's a very active kid but he has asthma. I let him get dirty once in a while so that he'll have fun but then he can't play in the rain like his cousins and it saddens me to see him crying while looking on at his cousins playing in the rain. It's ok for him if it's warm outside but if it's cold no can do or we'll end up visiting his doctor again. But now that it's summer here I don't have to worry about him getting sick so he can get dirty all he wants just don't play with water.

I don't have kids yet, but I have seen alot of moms that always have to keep their kids clean, and can't stand for them to be dirty. I really hope that I will not be that kind of mother. I watch kids, and when they are in my care I let them be kids. I don't send them home filthy or anything, but I don't see a problem with letting them have fun, be kids, and get messy.