A Daycare Rewilded Its Yard And The Children Became Healthier: Now The Whole Nation Is Doing It

A Daycare Rewilded Its Yard And The Children Became Healthier: Now The Whole Nation Is Doing It

A Daycare Rewilded Its Yard And The Children Became Healthier: Now The Whole Nation Is Doing It By Janko Ferlič Finland is doubling down on evidence from four years ago that definitively shows how children can avoid diseases and allergies throughout their lives if they’re permitted to get down and dirty in daycare. Dozens of comparative studies have previously found that children who live in rural areas and are in contact with nature have a lower probability of catching an illness resulting from disorders in the immune system—and a lower risk of developing coeliac disease, allergies, atopy, and even diabetes. A 2021 study conducted at a Finnish daycare and published in Science Advances showed that repeated contact with nature-like elements five times a week diversified the body’s microbes which offered protection against diseases transmitted through the immune system in daycare children. “This is the first in which these changes offering protection against diseases have been found when add…