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Don’t Make Your Bed

Mothers everywhere just flew into a tizzy at the title of this blog. Wait Mom, it gets better.  The reason you should not make your bed is…wait for it…it is…

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Mothers everywhere just flew into a tizzy at the title of this blog.

Wait Mom, it gets better.  The reason you should not make your bed is...wait for it...it is HEALTHIER for you not to do so.

A Kingston University study says that while an unmade bed may look scruffy and unappealing to Mom, it is also unpalatable to houst dust mites (that can cause asthma and other allergies).  See, the bugcannot survive in the warm, dry conditions found in an unmade bed.

IKR, this is the dream for kids everywhere.

Here's a little more dust mite info than you really wanted to know:  the average bed could be home to up to 1.5 million house dust mites. They are less than a millimeter long, feed on human skin scales, and produce allergens-easily inhaled during sleep.

So next time "she who rules the roost" admonishes, "MAKE YOUR BED!"

You just calmly respond, "But Mom...its bad for me."

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.