3. TIL, cold or rainy weather cannot make you sick

TIL, cold or rainy weather cannot make you sick

Some countries put their babies in the cold to make them more resilient. Less likely to catch a cold. Improved immune system.

Those are pretty far down on the list of reported reasons why they do it...

One-third of the parents (29%) agreed with the statement that it is good for the child to toughen up by sleeping outdoors so that he/she can withstand the cold Finnish climate...

The parents evaluated their child as being more active (66%) after naps taken outdoors compared with naps taken indoors and that the child (88%) clearly enjoyed sleeping outdoors. More than half of the parents (54%) observed that their child ate better after sleeping outdoors. Most parents (94%) felt that sleeping outdoors was healthy because of the fresh air.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.3402/ijch.v67i2-3.18284

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