The Vaccination / Autism topic has been on the top of the list for many parents these days, especially with 1 in 150 kids being the latest statistic for children with autism spectrum disorders. Actually, parents living naturally have always felt the need to address this issue. Do vaccines coincide with their views and beliefs? Vaccination is certainly a personal choice that every parent should research and decide what is best for their family.
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Ok, I will preface this with the note that this is just my OWN PERSONAL OPINION & I COMPLETELY respect the right of every parent to make THEIR OWN decision.
I think we need less chemicals not more. It seems like we’re trying to fight fire with fire. We gave our kids some of the common vaccinations, but not all. We are extremely leary of any new-to-the-market vaccines and do lots of research on how they were made, how long they were tested, and so forth before making our decision.
We also homeschool our kids. They don’t go to daycare, or even to childcare at such places as the YMCA (when we belonged to the gym there) - we quit our membership mainly because the kids always got sick while they were there. We are fairly controlling over the environment our children are in and exposed to, as we believe parents should be.
Red flags tend to go up within us over most of western-medical things. Too much of it seems uneccesary and overkill. Too little focus on health and wellness. The doctors’ office where my husband goes even has vending machines both in their foyer (before you enter their main doors) and IN the waiting area (little candy dispensers), all the while with a TV going about the need to be healthy!! BLECH!!!!
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Sam reply on August 18, 2008:
I agree with everything you said, MamaT. I think it’s the parents’ job to protect and monitor what goes on around their children. So many parents do’nt seem to do that at all, and I’ve noticed that just by watching people in public.
As for the vaccines, I usually tend to not get them. Where I work we were given the choice of getting a flu vaccine, and because I’ve heard there’s mercury and whatever else in it, I didn’t get one. I’m not sure if that’s true, but I know that I wash my hands and I’m a pretty clean person, so I didn’t think I would be at a high risk of the flu. Depending on what’s in them and what their for should be researched before getting any kind of vaccination.
MamaT, how does your homeschooling work? Do you or your husband teach them? When I finally have kids I want to homeschool them.
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MamaTaney reply on August 18, 2008:
1) We stopped doing flu shots all-together. The only years we ever got the flu were the years we got the shots AND on top of that, the shots always made us sick as well!!
2) My boys are 4 1/2 and 2, so as far as homeschooling goes right at the very moment we are trying to not get killed by mommy because we are pushing buttons!!!
We approach things from a very natural and unschooling method. We have some workbooks (found them at the dollar store) that we do little things from - age appropriate. But mainly it has been just introducing them to things and trying to teach them what things are, and things like that. They know to recycle and about saving energy (we call it being Mother Earth Friendly) as well as composting. Shannon (the oldest) can identify a lot of the various plants growing in our yard.
Standard school setting we are not.
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Sam reply on August 19, 2008:
Oh yeah, if there are more side effects than what the vaccine is preventing, why bother? haha. It doesn’t make sense to get a shot to keep from getting sick, then getting sick from the shot. And I think the best way to keep from getting the flu is to just WASH YOUR HANDS! It’s so gross to think about how many people I’ve seen not wash their hands when they should have, especially after using a public bathroom! GROSS!!! Isn’t it like 1 out 6 people don’t wash their hands after using the restroom? The number should be zero.
I’m such a germaphobe.