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Apt. Took the kids for vaccinations this morning and was telling kiddo last night about how amazing vaccines are and how polio doesn’t exist anymore because of

Apt. Took the kids for vaccinations this morning and was telling kiddo last night about how amazing vaccines are and how polio doesn’t exist anymore because of it. Sounds like I was technically wrong, but practically right. I also told him how amazing it is that when I was his age, I had the chickenpox, but that he will never get it because they developed a vaccine for it. None of this helped him today with not freaking out over getting a shot, but hey, I tried and I made it clear why I had to hold him down. Sometimes, irrational fears win. We’ll get there, he’s just a kid.

gr2m 3y ago
My kids are into superheros. We explained how vaccines are basically super powers! Now they are sad when they go to the doctor and don’t get one they also get all their friends and class mates pumped about vaccines which I take as a win
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  In a real sense, vaccinations are superpowers. Immunity from pestilence was historically taken, across cultures and for obvious reasons, as signs of divine influence.
Modified3019 3y ago
I had no idea there was a chicken pox vaccine. That’s awesome.
- robocat 3y ago
  Even awesomer - the vaccine also helps prevent shingles - which many many people get after middleage. Brian is at high risk of shingles, and Logan isn't. https://xkcd.com/1950/ https://xkcd.com/1950/
rmccue 3y ago
I got the chickenpox vaccine as a kid, but still managed to pick it up a couple of years ago - efficacy wanes as you age apparently, and it had been over a decade since I’d been vaccinated. So, there’s still the possibility :D
userbinator 3y ago
Sometimes, irrational fears win IMHO it's quite natural to have an aversion to being pierced.
- HorizonXP 3y ago
  Of course it is! That’s why I have nothing but love and patience for my son. But we usually learn to put that aversion aside when we understand that it’s for a good reason. That part takes time and maturity.

gr2m 3y ago

My kids are into superheros. We explained how vaccines are basically super powers! Now they are sad when they go to the doctor and don’t get one they also get all their friends and class mates pumped about vaccines which I take as a win

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
In a real sense, vaccinations are superpowers. Immunity from pestilence was historically taken, across cultures and for obvious reasons, as signs of divine influence.

Modified3019 3y ago

I had no idea there was a chicken pox vaccine. That’s awesome.

robocat 3y ago
Even awesomer - the vaccine also helps prevent shingles - which many many people get after middleage. Brian is at high risk of shingles, and Logan isn't. https://xkcd.com/1950/ https://xkcd.com/1950/

rmccue 3y ago

I got the chickenpox vaccine as a kid, but still managed to pick it up a couple of years ago - efficacy wanes as you age apparently, and it had been over a decade since I’d been vaccinated. So, there’s still the possibility :D

userbinator 3y ago

Sometimes, irrational fears win IMHO it's quite natural to have an aversion to being pierced.

HorizonXP 3y ago
Of course it is! That’s why I have nothing but love and patience for my son. But we usually learn to put that aversion aside when we understand that it’s for a good reason. That part takes time and maturity.