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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,157 posts)
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 09:20 PM Feb 2019

Ohio teen defies mother and gets vaccinated after turning to strangers online

Disproven and dubious theories about the safety of childhood vaccines are pitting an Ohio mother against her teenage son. High school senior Ethan Lindenberger recently defied his mother and got vaccinated, saying his parents' misguided beliefs put his health, and the health of his younger siblings, at risk.

For most of his life, Lindenberger thought it was normal for most kids not to get immunized, but about two years ago he began to see how the posts about vaccines his own mother was sharing on social media were dangerous.

"I question her judgment, but not her care," he said. "You have something like measles, which is a preventable disease that we can vaccinate against that I and many people believe is coming back because of opinions like the ones that have influenced my mom."

In November, Lindenberger asked strangers on Reddit, an online message board, where he could go to get up to date with his shots. "My parents are kind of stupid," he wrote. "God knows how I'm still alive."

His mother, Jill Wheeler, said she was "blown away" when she found out.

"There's a degree of feeling like, you know, he doesn't trust what I say as a parent," Wheeler said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/healthtrending/ohio-teen-defies-mother-and-gets-vaccinated-after-turning-to-strangers-online/ar-BBTvMMp?li=BBnb7Kz

Ya think so?

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Ohio teen defies mother and gets vaccinated after turning to strangers online (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
K&R ck4829 Feb 2019 #1
Sadly, that same teen probably could not get birth control in most states without parental consent. McCamy Taylor Feb 2019 #2
It's child abuse, pure and simple ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #3
I agree with you Buckeyeblue Feb 2019 #5
Smart kid. roamer65 Feb 2019 #4
An example of deviation toward the mean. TomSlick Feb 2019 #8
He didn't and shouldn't trust what she says as a parent. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #6
Just a degree Dorian Gray Feb 2019 #7

Buckeyeblue

(5,500 posts)
5. I agree with you
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 09:49 PM
Feb 2019

To knowingly put your child at risk for preventable diseases is child abuse. It's just plain stupidity.

Dorian Gray

(13,498 posts)
7. Just a degree
Tue Feb 12, 2019, 10:02 PM
Feb 2019

when your child thinks you're such a dumbass that he gets himself immunized, maybe start considering where you get your information from.

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