My Kid Loves to Eat His Boogers

Revoltingly gross or evolutionarily advantageous?

Photo by Andre Guerra on Unsplash

It happens. Maybe you’re at the park with your young child or, worse, at a restaurant chewing on your fried calamari as you notice your little one with a clinger on his finger. Next thing you know, it’s in his mouth. He takes one brief obligatory chew and swallows. Your calamari starts to creep its way back up your throat.