Mother #@%$#&!

I was surprised when I went once to The Ohio State University Medical Center Hospital and saw a sign that read something like, “If your child has chicken pox, please inform the admissions desk.”

I thought, Chicken pox? There’s a vaccine. Why would any kid have chicken pox? It’s like having measles. Maybe a couple of mothers didn’t get their kid immunized, but so many that OSU needed a sign?

Then I read that there are still people who are having chicken pox parties, where they deliberately expose their kids to a potentially scarring (and fatal) disease.

What the heck is wrong with these people? Heck, Mothering magazine even has an article about how to run a party!

Holy #$%@^! What is wrong with these people? Deliberately getting your child sick? Risking scars, even death because you don’t want to give her a shot?

[whacking head on table]