Do you make your teen get booster or let them decide
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Anonymous
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My 17 year old says he’s an adult and doesn’t want to get the booster. He got mad I scheduled it snd says it’s up to him.
Are you making your teens get boosted? |
Anonymous
| Yes. Not negotiable. |
Anonymous
+1. When he’s 18 and not living in your house, then and only then do these become his decisions. |
Anonymous
| his body, his choice. |
Anonymous
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Not negotiable.
But I am an older parent who received boosters during my childhood, so don't think it's any big deal. |
Anonymous
Not true, at age 16 a minor has the legal authority to refuse medical treatment including vaccines. |
Anonymous
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In those circumstances I’d let him decide if he had solid reasons. There are good arguments that for boys that age the cost benefit analysis isn’t as clear-cut as it is for other groups.
This is the only time I can think of where I’d give a kid a choice in their medical treatment though. |
Anonymous
| I’d talk to him about his reasons and sources and then decide. So I guess that’s giving him choice. |
Anonymous
| Is he planning to go to college? Many colleges are requiring boosters. |
Anonymous
| Both mine got theirs, they didn’t even hesitate. And one of ours was 18 when he got his booster. |
Anonymous
| Mine is 13, and we made him get it. |
Anonymous
If you want to sleep in my house, you will be vaccinated and boosted as eligible. True for every person in the world right now. |
Anonymous
+1 School made this decision for us. |
Anonymous
This. |
Anonymous
So is your 17 year old allowed to sleep somewhere else then? |