Momma_K

Well it's just my opinion but I'd rather my grkids go ahead and have the pox instead of waiting for the chance or risk of them getting it when they are older. Children can cope with it better than adults for some reason. The vacine is still available and if you've been so lucky as to never have had them then you still have the vacine. My mother had the shingles and honey she was miserable!! We didn't know anything about the stuff until she came up with it, NOW we find there is a vacine for that too but it is very expensive! It's $300.00! I'm not sure it insurance covers it or not but according to mom, it's worth it if you can get it.

About playing with infected other....children of course! Ha! I'm not pro or con...it's the parents individual choice. Myself?? Not sure until I'm hit with the problem...hope it never comes about though!

Have a good day and happy health everyone!

BellaBoo

I remember being exposed on purpose to my cousin who had the measles, I ended up having measles and almost dying. My father thought shots were a waste of money. Never would I expose my child to catch a full blown case of any illness. You never know what may happen when a child gets sick. And expose a child for what means? To get sick? Disgusting.

TexasGurl

Seems crazy, but not such a bad idea! Knew a lot of moms who did the same when our kids were young, 20 yrs ago - intentionally exposed their kids to it. There was no vaccination out then -
It's often a LOT harder on older kids or teens ... our oldest never caught it from her siblings, she didn't get it until she was 12. She had a really bad case and was very sick!

nativetexan

I think you need to be over 65 to get the shingles shot, not sure. seems my insurance covered it. Medicare maybe.
the only child hood disease i got was chicken pox and my son too. no others. of course we would get the one that makes us possible for getting shingles! I would not make a child get anything if they were lucky enough to miss it!!! the shots they must take are scary enough.

raptureready

This has been going on since the vaccines first came out and started to be encouraged by the pediatricians.

Chasing Hawk

My family must have been seeing a Doctor who never heard of this practice.

cathyvv

CHICKEN POX IS NOT A MINOR ILLNESS.


Sorry for yelling, but I really want to get your attention on this. My older daughter got chicken pox when she was about 10. She wound up in the hospital because the chicken pox were breaking out on her brain, throat and other organs. She was passing out - we didn't realize it until we found her on the floor of the bathroom in a puddle of urine. She was hospitalized for 3 days, in isolation. If she had passed out on the stairs or hit her head in the bathroom, who knows what would have happened?

Quiltlady330

I've heard of that, too. To me it's right up there with the new cover of TIME Magazine.

ptquilts

Not only that, but even if you sail through c-pox as a kid, when you get shingles as an adult, it can lead to blindness. I wish I had been immunized as a kid.

Also, if you don't get it as a kid but as an adult, it can be much more serious.

willis.debra

My sister and I both had chicken pox twice. my niece (25) has multiple scars on her face from it. My son (20) got it when she did but not a very bad case of it. My older daughter (22) never got it. When the vaccine came out I got both of them vaccinated. I will also be getting my little ones(3 and 4) vaccinated before they go to school. This disease makes kids miserable and can have complications. Exposing it to them unnecessarily is irresponsible parenting. Why would you take that kind of risk with the most precious thing in your life? All most vaccines do is expose kids to a dead virus. Why would you choose to expose them to the live virus?