DD won't get the flu shot (Ugh)

[Anonymous]

Have her read Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter. The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed mostly young healthy people because attacked the very parts of the immune system that are found in higher concentrations in young healthy people. 100 million people died worldwide.

[Anonymous]

My husband and I have never had the flu, nor have we ever had the flu shot. It'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 30s never have gotten the flu shot and I've never once had the flu.

You can't force her

Yes I can actually, until she's 18 I can.

Ummm no you can't. Flu shot is not a requirement. You may have consequences in your household for not getting one but legally, and in school, she is not required.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 30s never have gotten the flu shot and I've never once had the flu.

You can't force her

Yes I can actually, until she's 18 I can.

You need to dial it back OP. Were you hoping one of us would tell you, "Yeah, go ahead and strap her down!" Or cut off her cell phone until she does it!" If you hope to have any kind of relationship with her, stand down on this one. My hunch is that you might be controlling and shrill in other ways, and your daughter is exerting her control whenever and however she can. Again, stand down. This isn't the parent you want to be.

Oh puh-leeze. If she were that kind of mom, the kid would already have been marched to the doctor. Because there has never, ever been a know-it-all, surly teen before poised to do something stupid in the history of history?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband and I have never had the flu, nor have we ever had the flu shot. It'll be fine.

Never got the flu shot and I always get the flu, every year. Guess what? I'm fine, alive and healthy.

[Anonymous]

Do you provide money/extras to her? It so, I would cut her off until she complied. If she can't make decisions that are rational, she doesn't get anything more than the basics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 30s never have gotten the flu shot and I've never once had the flu.

You can't force her

Yes I can actually, until she's 18 I can.

Well then, you're a controlling parent.

She's not having drinking binges that you need to schedule an intervention and send her to AA.

She's refusing a fucking shot.

Thank God my mother wasn't like you. I think I would have run off at 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you provide money/extras to her? It so, I would cut her off until she complied. If she can't make decisions that are rational, she doesn't get anything more than the basics.

what?

for refusing a shot?????????????????

OMG - Based on all the cuckoo parents on these boards, I think my daughter will end up being ABNORMAL b/c she's so normal!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 30s never have gotten the flu shot and I've never once had the flu.

You can't force her

Yes I can actually, until she's 18 I can.

You need to dial it back OP. Were you hoping one of us would tell you, "Yeah, go ahead and strap her down!" Or cut off her cell phone until she does it!" If you hope to have any kind of relationship with her, stand down on this one. My hunch is that you might be controlling and shrill in other ways, and your daughter is exerting her control whenever and however she can. Again, stand down. This isn't the parent you want to be.

+1

OP, you need to back off about this for sure.

[Anonymous]

amazing

a kid who actually THINKS for herself

goes to show you that sometimes the apple falls VERY FAR from the tree

[Anonymous]

She's not wrong, OP. She's just come to a different opinion than you. You need to start loosening the apron strings, so she's not in shock when she has to start making all her own decisions. You've made your argument and she made hers. I'm on the fence every year about the flu shot. It's extremely unlikely she'll die from the flu. Though as a PP pointed out, she could give it to someone with a weaker immune system. But at her age, that's also less likely. I think the people who spread it most are those who go to work when they shouldn't, or those small children whose parents send them to school even when they're sick because they (the parents) don't want to miss work. If she does get sick, just make sure she stays home, even if she's going to miss something important at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 30s never have gotten the flu shot and I've never once had the flu.

You can't force her

Yes I can actually, until she's 18 I can.

You need to dial it back OP. Were you hoping one of us would tell you, "Yeah, go ahead and strap her down!" Or cut off her cell phone until she does it!" If you hope to have any kind of relationship with her, stand down on this one. My hunch is that you might be controlling and shrill in other ways, and your daughter is exerting her control whenever and however she can. Again, stand down. This isn't the parent you want to be.

Oh puh-leeze. If she were that kind of mom, the kid would already have been marched to the doctor. Because there has never, ever been a know-it-all, surly teen before poised to do something stupid in the history of history?

This makes no sense. Are you in agreement with the poster above you? Please explain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you provide money/extras to her? It so, I would cut her off until she complied. If she can't make decisions that are rational, she doesn't get anything more than the basics.

Op here,

She has a job and makes enough for her clothes, starbucks, and other entertainment so I don't think this could work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you provide money/extras to her? It so, I would cut her off until she complied. If she can't make decisions that are rational, she doesn't get anything more than the basics.

what?

for refusing a shot?????????????????

OMG - Based on all the cuckoo parents on these boards, I think my daughter will end up being ABNORMAL b/c she's so normal!

Yep. There is a right and wrong answer to this. To me, it is similar to wearing a seatbelt. If she doesn't want to play by my rules, then she loses the extras I provide. I don't mess around with matters of health and safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you provide money/extras to her? It so, I would cut her off until she complied. If she can't make decisions that are rational, she doesn't get anything more than the basics.

Op here,

She has a job and makes enough for her clothes, starbucks, and other entertainment so I don't think this could work.

What about phone, car, insurance, things like that?