For the past few years, parents have struggled to keep their young children away from potential allergens. Mainstream thought said that the younger you expose a child to things like peanuts, the greater their risk of developing dangerous allergies. With all of the buzz on peanut allergies causing death, more and more parents have been terrified to let their child play in the same room where a peanut butter sandwich has been prepared!

Now, new studies are finding it is very possible that the precautions parents have been taking to avoid allergies might be the very reason that allergies in children are on the rise in the U.S. The most recent theory is that early exposure to things that cause allergies might help children