"Shelly" wrote in message
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(the)duckster wrote:

Doesn't matter as long as
someone is there to monitor both dog and child.

It was your assumption about Dave's domestic arrangements that I was
questioning.

Just a figure of speech. I'm personally very liberated about child care
arrangements as long as there is a responsible human in charge.

One of the side benefits about lying down with dogs is to this day the
kid
doesn't suffer from allergy one.

I've heard that, but I'm not convinced it's necessarily true. I was
raised with both cats and dogs and developed significant
allergies--to pets as well as mold, dust, pollen, and some foods--as
an adult.

You are correct. The research on kids raised with animals suffering less
from allergies is anecdotal as far as I know. However, at least in the
case of my daughter it seems to be true.

I make this assumption knowing many native born Chinese along with their
American born kids living in this area (who would prefer eating a dog to
owning one), who suffer horribly from allergens born by pet dander. Many
can't even walk through my house without their eyes swelling and starting to
sneeze. And I keep a pretty clean house.

Kind regards,
(the)duckster

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