Chicken Pox Party - NOT
A producer left me a message inquiring about chicken pox parties...whether our members participate in them or if I knew of one that was coming up.
Previously, I had read a couple of articles about these "parties" but didn't take it too seriously. Apparently these parties are more prevalent than I had thought. It appears that many families in the United States are organizing disease parties to expose their children to chicken pox rather than use the chicken pox vaccine.
Either the women I know (and I know hundreds of women) aren't participating in this trend or they are keeping very quiet about their involvement. Personally, I would never willfully expose my child to disease. (I feel guilty when he gets sick after playing with a child whom I knew was sick with a cold!) I'm not 100% on my opinion about the chickenpox vaccine yet, but if (and when) my child catches chicken pox, it will be the old-fashioned way...by accident!
