I’m not thinking about safety precautions, but about “new(…ish…?)” health and nutrition guidelines for children.
For example: no honey before the age of 1, no raw meat during pregnancy, sturdier/bulkier car seats, and kids wearing bicycle helmets is more or less the norm where I live.
I can’t think of any more examples, but whenever my parents-in-law are visiting, there will inevitably be at least one thing where they scoff at us and say something like, “Ugh, kids these days… We did/didn’t do this or that, and it didn’t harm us, and we turned out just fine…”
If I got a penny every time I heard “my mother never went to a doctor during her pregnancy and I’m fine” I would probably had like 5 cents now. I’m not sure it’s a generational gap though. I think it’s more stupid vs. not so stupid people. I know old people that understand how medicine works and young anti-vaxxers.
I’m not thinking about safety precautions, but about “new(…ish…?)” health and nutrition guidelines for children.
For example: no honey before the age of 1, no raw meat during pregnancy, sturdier/bulkier car seats, and kids wearing bicycle helmets is more or less the norm where I live.
I can’t think of any more examples, but whenever my parents-in-law are visiting, there will inevitably be at least one thing where they scoff at us and say something like, “Ugh, kids these days… We did/didn’t do this or that, and it didn’t harm us, and we turned out just fine…”
If I got a penny every time I heard “my mother never went to a doctor during her pregnancy and I’m fine” I would probably had like 5 cents now. I’m not sure it’s a generational gap though. I think it’s more stupid vs. not so stupid people. I know old people that understand how medicine works and young anti-vaxxers.