According to WomensHealth.gov too many parents aren’t vaccinating their kiddos due to incorrect information. According to a 2008 survey, almost one-third of U.S. parents surveyed delayed vaccines for their very young children and 12% refused to have their children immunized, possibly making them more vulnerable to illness. There are reasons you may not want to vaccinate  Read More →

It’s National Infant Immunization Week 2010 so this week we’re looking at vaccine issues such as basic information, common vaccine concerns and more. Some parents choose not to vaccinate their baby – and that is your choice and your right. However, it’s also very important to weigh the risks of not getting your baby immunized. What  Read More →

In a previous post we looked at some polls surrounding the baby vaccine debate – should vaccines be required by law. WHAT I THINK: I don’t think we should require vaccines by law. In my opinion this is opening a door we may not want opened. If something like vaccines becomes a forced legal issue it makes  Read More →

A couple of years ago there was a poll in Parenting Magazine that asked readers, “Should childhood vaccines be required by law?” About 2000 readers responded and 63% said yes while just 37% said no. There’s another poll, much like this one but posted about a year later, at Edutopia and in this poll the no  Read More →