Bath Shower Home Design

It's a typical night at home, and you catch an unexpected whiff of body odor in the air. First, you give your own pits a sniff check. Phew. Not me. Then, you look around for the culprit. Sitting innocently on the other side of the room is you dear, sweet child.  But no, it can't be them?! There comes a time for every parent when your adorable little baby no longer smells like rainbows and rose petals. No, your "little" baby is now a sweaty, stinky mess after play time at the park. Did you know B.O. can pop up as early as eight years old? Read on for more facts about body odor and kids, plus tips on how to tackle it. Growing Up & Other (Sometimes) Stinky Things • Kids' first experiences with body odor often signal the start of puberty. This typically happens in the pre-teen years. • Eating an abundance of pungent foods like garlic and onions can also cause an odor similar to B.O. to be given off by the skin. • Body odor can be linked to poor hygiene habits . I...

Finnish cabinet ministers do it, Russian hockey players do it, Koreans do it on a first date. Social bathing—known as "naked communion" in Japan—is an integral part of several cultures, strengthening bonds between family members, colleagues, and heads of state. In many countries it's also considered the proper way to welcome a foreign guest. Whether sauna or sento, banya or hammam, the shared bath is society's great leveler, its group hug, its collective sigh. "Not sampling the local bathing culture would be like not trying the local cuisine," says Melisse Gelula, co-founder of Well&Good NYC, an online wellness guide . And like any other institution integral to a society, this one has its rules, the first of which is to behave with churchlike decorum. In Finland, the sauna is the church, says Joonas Berghäll, co-director of the Finnish documentary Steam of Life. (Statistics bear him out: With just over five million inhabitants, Finland has roughly...