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I think your mother was right. I was brought up in a similar manner regarding hyper cleanliness.That was always my mother’s argument against criticism for me eating with muddy hands as a kid, or for eating fruit that had fallen on the ground, or veggies from the garden that weren’t properly washed.
Trace elements she would sing out happily and ignore criticism of her mothering skills.
Years later she clipped some academic paper that was positing a causation between multiple allergies and hyper sanitized upbringing in young kids.
“See - I told you so!”