Spin off of the "Diseased Ignorant Hippie" Thread

[youretooloud]

Anyway.. Do you feel like you have the right to know if a child in your home is not immunized?

Do the other parents have the right to know if another child in your daycare is not immunized?

DO parents have the right to know if YOUR kids are not immunized?

I don't mean what is required in your state... just what you feel is right.

[nannyde]

I don't have feelings about it either way. I would just do what is required for my registration. I haven't come upon a child that isn't immunized yet and I had my son immunized.

[SunflowerMama]

Here is an old thread on vaccines.

https://www.daycare.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21827

Do you feel like you have the right to know if a child in your home is not immunized? I think the parents should let you know.

Do the other parents have the right to know if another child in your daycare is not immunized? Only if my State required it would I tell.

DO parents have the right to know if YOUR kids are not immunized? I would definitely let parents know if my kids were not immunized

We used a very delayed vaccine schedule for our girls and my mother is nurse who administers free vaccines for the under priviledged...so I appreciate and respect both sides of this argument.

[Meyou]

I don't vaccinate anymore (my first has some vax's) and I always inform parents even though I'm not required to do so. Vaccines can be a make or break factor for some families so I prefer to tell them up front (it's in my PH) and let them voice concerns at that time if they have any.

I've asked several families who were leary of my policies why they vaccinate their children if they don't trust the vaccine to protect them? Most have decided to go with me at that point but a few have left quickly...you know...in case they touched me or something. :P

[daycare]

I don't have feelings about it either way. I would just do what is required for my registration. I haven't come upon a child that isn't immunized yet and I had my son immunized.

my ex and I actually debated with this when our daughter was a baby. We come from a different country where when we grew up, we didn't get immunizations.

He did not want my daughter to have them, and I did. I don't have a lot of knowledge about them, I was just going with the advice from the doctor. They said that it would be silly not to protect your child. So I went forward with it behind my ex-husbands back before she even came home from the hospital.

He threw a huge fit and said that he didnt want her to have them done any more. So we stopped. Between her birth and starting school, I did not have them done anymore. When I went to enroll her into school, they said "NO", sorry she can't start school until she is update on all immunizations. I was sooooo angry. Not at the school, my ex. He had me believe that she would not have to have them after starting them. My daughter missed the first month of school until she was all caught up.

So with that being said, I don't feel that it really is the business of anyone. It's not like those that are not immunized are going to put others at risk. I feel that the parents of children that are not immunized should be the ones who are constantly at risk with the heatlh of their child.

I don't care if a child is immunized or not, but I would be very catious of a child that wasn't if in my care.

Ok that's my two cents....

[SilverSabre25]

Since I'm not required to be licensed in my state, I don't know my states' rules.

I don't ask, they don't tell...I have no clue if any of the kids in my care are vaccinated or not, and I don't care.

We vax very selectively and on a delayed schedule. Our pediatrician is absolutely fine with what we choose to do regarding vaccinations. She is in complete agreement with us as to the ones we do NOT give our daughter. If a daycare family ever asks, I will answer with "We vaccinate on a schedule approved by her doctor" and leave it at that.

[youretooloud]

Since I'm not required to be licensed in my state, I don't know my states' rules.

I don't ask, they don't tell...I have no clue if any of the kids in my care are vaccinated or not, and I don't care.

We vax very selectively and on a delayed schedule. Our pediatrician is [I]absolutely/I] fine with what we choose to do regarding vaccinations.

That's me exactly. I don't care, and I don't ask.

[jen]

My kids are vaccinated, I don't much care what others do....

It is a requirement to have the sheets filled out, but if they sign off for whatever reason, its fine by me. I do not inform other parents of the status of kids in care.

[cheerfuldom]

I am not required to do anything because I am unlicensed. My kids are vaccinated but we do delay some. I do ask that parents let me know their kids status but I wouldn't necessarily turn anyone away for not being vaccinated. I am fine to tell my kids status if someone asks because if it is important enough to ask, I believe a parent does have a right to have an honest answer. We are a small group here and part of the draw as that parents do get a little more catering and accommodation with my daycare.

[treehugger82]

I typically stay out of these types of discussion b/c they get too heated and it can be very emotional, since we are speaking about what we as parents think is best for our child or children. However..... my kids are not vaccinated...never had an issue with school, doctor (ours is VERY supportive of our choice) or daycare. Also, my sister and I were never vaccinated either.
If the poster from the other thread wants to see hippies....I think my family pretty much defines it :: My mother even owns a health food store and the only people who work there are family members.
Anyway, I don't typically tell anyone I don't have to that my kids aren't vaccinated. I think that in MI I have to tell my daycare families, so I will, but I'm not open yet.
As for other parents having the right to know if other kids, besides mine are not vac'd...I really don't feel they have that right. I really don't care if the kids who come here are or are not, but I will know b/c they have to sign a waiver or give me their vax reccords.

[PitterPatter]

My state actually requires proof of all shots and yearly check ups for the subs. program. They supply a form to be given to the childs doctor for him to fill out and the parent has 30 days to return it or they are denied care by the state.

When I do get a private pay (rare) I have them fill out the exact same forms the state paid clients do as I think it's only fair to treat each the same.

[Former Teacher]

I could be TOTALLY wrong but.....

in Texas childcare you are required to have all shots. All my years at the dc (17 plus) we have had only 1 family who chose not to have immunizations. That family had to have a notarized affidavit from the health department stating that the child (an infant) can attend daycare.

The director was very concerned about the child and the rest of us. However the licensing rep just stated if anyone is going to be harmed in this situation it will be the child in question.

IMO it's no ones business but the family that chooses/or not to be vaccinated and the provider. It's no one else's business.

[Mrs.Ky]

All 3 of my kids have their shots and are up to date. I will NOT take a child without them in my daycare I am not licensed and dont have to be to watch 2 children in my state and thats all I wanna watch I ask the parents in the interview if their child is receiving them. Me personally I dont see why in the world parents wouldnt want their child to get them and put their child at risk but thats just how I feel.

[daysofelijah]

My kids are not vaxed. You are not required by law to have your children immunized in any state, there is an exemption option in every state.

I think the only two states that don't have some sort of religious/conscientious exemption are Mississippi and West Virginia. Every other state has a religious and/or conscientious/philosophical exemption option. Mississippi and W. Virginia only have a medical exemption option. Now I suppose a private company could refuse care due to lack of vaccinations, but I don't think any public, tax-payer funded school could.

[Evansmom]

Seems to me that if you choose to vax your children then your kids are safe, or you choose not to vax then you know the risks. I don't divulge info about one client to another so I don't share what the status of vax on my daycare kids is. But I'm not registered, just listed so I don't have to keep those records.