Science Affirms Tinleys' Parenting Skills

From this morning's USA Today:

[Dennis Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia and his team] compared 184 children who were exposed to two or more dogs or cats in their first year of life with 220 who didn't have pets. To their surprise, the scientists found that children raised with pets were 45% less likely to test positive for allergies than other kids. The study appeared in the Aug. 28, 2002 Journal of the American Medical Association.

Meyer is exposed to at least four cats on a daily basis, six if he goes to Mimi's house. When he spends the day with Ninny and Daddy Coach (his aunt and uncle), he gets to interact with two large, slobbering dogs.

No allergies for our boy.