Casual vaccinations for anything coming down the turnpike are overkill, yes. Some diseases are better gotten and gotten over early, like chicken pox (much more dangerous to adults), or common colds (which can help boost immune system response and decrease chances of asthma later in life). But vaccinating for dangerous diseases that can cripple or kill your child — or potentially others’ children, given prolonged exposure to your infected child — when the vaccines have been tested and used for decades — seems to me like the far wiser thing to do.

Otherwise, it’s like telling your child, “No, you can’t go play on the playground, you might hit your head falling off the slide! Or sexual predators know children are there! Go play in traffic instead.”

see here for some info pertaining to Texas.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/immunize/school/default.shtm#exclusions

As a side note, why are you so adamant against vaccinations? they do save lives, millions of lives, in addition to preventing millions more from suffering either through the diseases themselves or through the aftereffects of the diseases.

If you are concerned about side effects of the vaccines, your worries are very misplaced. Vaccines have miniscule side effects when compared to the diseases they protect against.

sorry for the rant!

I would think you’d want them vaccinated rather than getting sick with preventable diseases.