Alan & Brenda Leonard

10/31/02 19:18:

> I waited until I was a junior in college to
> catch it from a four year old.

Some people just cannot do things the way everyone else does!!!

:)

brenda

Mary

Well when I wrote in to ask about the whole chicken pox thing, I hadn't mentioned anything to my husband yet. So when I mentioned I was thinking of exposing the kids, he asked if I was crazy!! LOL.

So we had a discussion about it and when I said it might be better for them to get it now, he asked how I was sure they would ever get it at all. Well I couldn't be really.

So he called the 3 younger children in and explained what we were talking about and asked them what they wanted to do. None of them wanted it now. And when I mentioned it might be worse if they got it later, they all responded the same way my husband had. How did I know they would get it at all? After all, I never had it.

So it's settled. Life goes on and we see what happens.

Thanks for all the great thought provoking posts.

Mary B

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eriksmama2001

Yeah, for listening to your children about their lives!!

Pat


--- In [email protected], "Mary" <mummy124@b...>
wrote:
> Well when I wrote in to ask about the whole chicken pox thing, I
hadn't mentioned anything to my husband yet. So when I mentioned I
was thinking of exposing the kids, he asked if I was crazy!! LOL.
>
> So we had a discussion about it and when I said it might be better
for them to get it now, he asked how I was sure they would ever get
it at all. Well I couldn't be really.
>
> So he called the 3 younger children in and explained what we were
talking about and asked them what they wanted to do. None of them
wanted it now. And when I mentioned it might be worse if they got it
later, they all responded the same way my husband had. How did I know
they would get it at all? After all, I never had it.
>
> So it's settled. Life goes on and we see what happens.
>
> Thanks for all the great thought provoking posts.
>
> Mary B
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

eriksmama2001

Might a person ask the same question reguarding taking the
vaccine?: "how do you know I will get the disease at all"?

Pat



--- In [email protected], "Mary" <mummy124@b...>
wrote:
> Well when I wrote in to ask about the whole chicken pox thing, I
hadn't mentioned anything to my husband yet. So when I mentioned I
was thinking of exposing the kids, he asked if I was crazy!! LOL.
>
> So we had a discussion about it and when I said it might be better
for them to get it now, he asked how I was sure they would ever get
it at all. Well I couldn't be really.
>
> So he called the 3 younger children in and explained what we were
talking about and asked them what they wanted to do. None of them
wanted it now. And when I mentioned it might be worse if they got it
later, they all responded the same way my husband had. How did I know
they would get it at all? After all, I never had it.
>
> So it's settled. Life goes on and we see what happens.
>
> Thanks for all the great thought provoking posts.
>
> Mary B
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]