Wow best news ever!

Children actually BENEFIT from living in a messy house.

“An important reason to have a messier home is just plain physical health,” David H. Freeman, co-author of A Perfect Mess, told the magazine. “It’s counterintuitive, but the more we know about asthma, germs and the immune system, the more we understand that part of being safe is being exposed to germs and building up a tolerance to them at a young age.”

There’s more. There are cognitive benefits to playing (or even working) in a messy home. Freeman explains that when you’re in a messy space, you “get to see a lot of things in one place, which can bring about random stimulation. That’s a big part of creativity.”

He advises parents to back off the notion of having children put away one toy before playing with another. “Children and adults have more ideas when they have a lot of things in front of them. They are less restricted.”

Woohoo! Turns out I’ve actually been a great parent all along lol.

This bit of great news was found at: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_momsatwork/2009/01/messy-homes-are.html

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