Have you washed your hands?

Good Monday everyone!

I was at one of my favourite café this morning, waiting to pick up my power smoothies. At the next table was this couple – middle-aged guy with a young Indonesian wife and a 2 year old girl. Good looking couple, well-spoken and you can see the love and attention poured over their little girl.

It was when they were leaving that this conversation really caught my attention, when the mom called the girl over:

Mom: Dear, come, come…you need to wash your hands. We are leaving.

*The girl runs over to her mom…*….but guess what, instead of taking her to wash her hands….the mom “washed” her hands with a sanitizer!!

Ok, you must be wondering what is wrong with using sanitizer? Really, nothing is wrong, but THAT is not WASHING! And can you imagine what the girl will be conditioned to understand the true meaning of WASHING.

(Definition of washing: is one way of cleaning, namely with WATER, and often some kind of soap and detergent!)

HELLO!!! Washing is NOT.THE.SAME as using a sanitizer.

I may be OCD…but this surpasses my understanding. But all parents have their own way of bringing up their kids…as long as they are happy with the outcome…J