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Originally Posted by HarryT
Oh, absolutely, yes. "Measles parties" were a normal thing in Britain in the 1960s. If a local child caught a mild childhood illness like measles or chickenpox, all the local parents would send their children around in the hope of them catching it. As you say, this would probably be regarded as child abuse by some today!
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In 1990, I was told by my pediatrician to let my baby (under 6 months old) go spend time with a child that had the chickenpox. He said she was too young to catch it but would develop the antibodies.
No that didn't work but she didn't get the chickenpox then. She got them when she was 4.