Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Children Make Us Sick: Amity Shlaes

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Young parents in America are holy and not to be messed with. If they say something is correct, we all acquiesce. And is there any man, woman or canine who doesn’t leap out of the way when one of those giant, all-terrain Bugaboo strollers comes barreling down the sidewalk?

The impulse to butt out of parents’ business is natural. Our culture hardwires us to respect those who are rearing children. We gave them a job to do, so we should let them do it.